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FEATURE ARTICLES PLANTS UPDATES
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MEDICINAL PLANTS
The Story Behind the Medicinal Plant Compilation (May 2021)
The Complete Updated List of Philippine Medicinal Plants in Tagalog and English
List of Understudied Philippine Medicinal Plants
Abuse and Plagiarism of the Compilation on Philippine Medicinal Plants Under the Guise of Fair Use
List of Plants with Known Toxicity
Herb-Drug Interactions
RECENT MEDICINAL PLANT UPDATES
Anthurium (Flamingo flower) 12/1 Banato (Kamala tree) 12/3 Pili (Philippine nut) 12/4 Tintatintahan (Ink plant) 12/5
Mulawin (Small flower chaste tree) 12/6 Ashitaba (Longevity herb) 12/8 Katakataka (Miracle plant) 12/10 Sapote (Black persimmon) 12/11
Kupea (False heather) 12/13 Coral bush (Firecracker fern) 12/14 Agoho (Iron wood) 12/14 Buntot-tigre (Devil's tongue) 12/16
Tigre (Snake plant) 12/17 Sagilala (San Francisco) 12/20 Palo maria (Alexandrian laurel) 12/25 Paso-paso (Sea bean) 12/28
Arnus (Japanese alder) 12/30 Blue plumbago (Cape leadwort) 1/2 Sapote (Ebony persimmon) 1/4 Buta-buta (Blinding tree) 1/6
Taka (Leafless mistletoe) 1/6 Kalayo (Rusty sapindus) 1/8 Alinang (Rice flatsedge) 1/9 Bilogo (Black oil tree) 1/10
Payapa (Brown woolly fig) 1/12 Bayog (Maple-leafed bayur tree) 1/12 Matang-hipon (Indian snowberry) 1/15 Apatot (Noni) 1/17
African oil palm 1/18 Kaong (Sugar palm) 1/19 Guijo (Red balan) 1/21 Gabi / Taro 1/21
Malasaging (Aglaia edulis) 1/23 Pipinong-gubat (Wild cucumber) 1/24 Gabi-gabihan (Arrowleaf pondweed) 1/24 Dita (Devil's tree) 1/26
Tambalisa (Necklace pod) 1/27 Lingaro (Milla milla vine) 1/27 African daisy (Gerbera daisy) 1/30 Kamansi (Breadnut) 2/2
Kalumpit (Batangas cherry) 2/3 Bamboo ginger (Red bamboo ginger) 2/3 Paragis (Wire grass) 2/5 Indian catmon (Elephant apple) 2/9
Palauan (Giant swamp taro) 2/10 Lubeg (Philippine cherry) 2/10 Pakopatoti-alog (Madras carpet) 2/14 Sedang-dahon (Wooly morning glory) 2/14
Taingan-daga (Jew's ear) 2/18 Taingang-daga (Creeping wood sorrel) 2/19 Lauan-puti (White lauan) 2/23 Ampalayang ligaw (Wild bitter melon) 2/12
Alugbati (Spinach vine) 2/23 Lauan-puti (White lauan) 2/23 Dikai (Bisolak) 2/24 Karipata (Curry leaf) 2/25
Anonang (Soap berry) 2/26 Phalsa (Asiatic grewia) 3/1 Bloodberry (Rouge plant) 3/2 Tangisang-bayauak (Red-stem fig) 3/4
Sea grape (Seaside grape) 3/10 Katuray (Hummingbird tree) 3/10 Malabayabas 3/11 Balakat (Talanai) 3/11
Daniri (Tailor tree) 3/12 Aurora (Common morning glory) 3/14 Sitsaro (Green pea) 3/15 Is-is (Scouring leaf) 3/19
Niyog-niyogan (Palm-like fig) 3/20 Soapberry (Soldier soap) 3/20 Batino (Devil tree) 3/21 Nami (Intoxicating yam) 3/22
Babara (Salsaluyut / False mallow) 3/22 Pandan-luzon (Pandanus luzonensis) 3/23 Kamagsa (Big-leaved rourea) 3/23 Malais-is (Burney vine) 3/24
Alagaw (Fragrant premna) 3/24 Banaba (Queen's flower) 3/26 Kamokamotihan (Ivyleaf morning glory) 3/27 Malais-is (Burney vine) 3/24
Susong-kalabau (Fragrant tailgrape) 3/28 Piris (Lime berry) 3/29 Piyagaw (Puzzlenut tree) 3/29 Kulanga (Vincetoxicum flexuosum) 4/1
NEW MEDICINAL PLANT ENTRIES
Bagnolo (Borneo avocado / Engkala) 11/7 Batukanag 11/8 Bogto (Oval-leaved mistletoe) 11/9 Scabra (Wild cucumber) 11/13
Badunga (Bur gherkin) 11/16 Balakat (Talanai) 11/18 Ligam (Asiatic bellflower) 11/19 Sampinit (Ziziphus horsfieldii) 11/20
Bangkunai (Agosip) 11/23 Hiptage (Helicopter flower) 11/24 Paang-baliwis (Roadside leafbract) 11/27 Uto (Claw-flowered laurel) 11//28
Lago (Tanga-tanga) 11/30 Salimai (Robust helicia) 12/5 Molave (Hairy-leafed molave) 12/7 Tabbatabba (Never die) 12/11
Blood lily (Firebal lily) 12/12 Cigar plant (Firecracker plant) 12/14 Bitanghol-sibat (Nicobar canoe tree) 12/18 Tokbray 12/26
Kabung (Prunus arborea) 12/27 Fibraurea (Yellow root) 12/30 Alasan (Seashore soapberry) 1/1 Vicks (Root beer plant) 1/5
Bayag-daga (Torchwood) 1/7 Balinono-kitid (Senegal cherry) 1/8 Jackal jujube (Wild jujube) 1/11 Susulin ( Archer cherry) 1/12
Urung (Ironwood) 1/13 Adina (Zschokke adina) 1/14 Duklitan (Planchonella duclitan) 1/15 Malatumbaga (Segera) 1/20
Malaiba (Tahitian rhus / sumac) 1/22 Bayanti (Large-leaved aglaia) 1/23 Lagikuway (Sunset hibiscus) 1/29 Ayangile (Small Philippine acacia) 1/31
Kuyau-kuyau (Hard milkwood) 2/1 Kariskis (Indian albizia) 2/2 Kato (Pacific maple) 2/3 Arius (Seabluff podocarp) 2/3
Salak (Snake fruit) 2/4 Bulala (Pulasan) 2/5 Gumihan (Pedalai) 2/6 Malagumihan (Wild breadfruit) 2/7
Tabon-tabon (Atuna racemosa) 2/9 Salam (Indonesian bayleaf) 2/13 Malugay (Matoa, Pacific lychee) 2/15 Purple scalystem (Cordoncillo) 2/16
Voyavoy (Mountain date palm) 2/17 Bayit (Walsura pinnata) 2/18 Baleting-bato (Dye fig) 2/19 Sugsuggat (Chinese photenia) 2/20
Malatapai (Alangi) 2/21 Mararing (Xanthophyllum amoenum) 2/22 Sibsibit (Three-leaved trifoliatus) 2/24 Giant reed (Arundo donax) 2/26
Abang-abang (Giant palm grass) 2/27 Kumkwat (Kumquat) 3/1 Tikus (Globular fimbristylis) 3/2 Bilau (Pacific Island silvergrass) 3/3
Bigao (Chinese silvergrass) 3/4 Baso ng binangonan (Pitcher plant) 3/5 Bulak-kastila (Egyptian cotton) 3/6 Anilau-babae (Brown kurrajong) 3/8
Saluyot (East Indian mallow) 3/9 Patalsik (Silky myrtle) 3/13 Balangot (Southern cattail) 3/13 Lemon vine (Barbados gooseberry) 3/15
Danun (Tetrastigma papillosum) 3/16 Akara (Tetracera akara) 3/17 Bakit (Smut grass) 3/17 Malamansanita (Pink isora) 3/18
Alitaitan (Clothed shuteria) 3/19 Gatbo (Hardy sugar cane) 3/21 Taboan (Knob-fruited screwpine) 3/23 Mamana (Lalapau / Hypserpa nitida) 3/25
Banot (Flame vine bauhinia) 3/26 Katum (Mitragyna diversifolia) 3/27 Hinggiw (Black creeper) 3/28 Bulid (Citron) 3/31
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Statins Again Linked to Lower COVID19 Mortality
Among patients hospitalized for COVID-19, who had been taking statins, there was substantially greater than 40% rediction in mortality and greater than 25% reduction in risk of developing a severe outcome. (Medscape Medical News)
Dangerous oleander is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID19 cure. / Also read: Adelfa / Nerium oleander
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