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RECENT MEDICINAL PLANT UPDATES
The Complete Updated List of Philippine Medicinal Plants in Tagalog and English
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Kantutan (Stink vine) 9/19 Alibangbang (Butterfly flower) 9/21 Upo (Bottle gourd) 9/21 Kampanilya (Yellow bell) 9/22
Makabuhay (Heavenly elixir) 9/23 Payang-payang (Angel locks) 9/23 Piyagaw (Puzzlenut tree) 9/23 Soro-soro (Common milk hedge) 9/23
Haras (Fennel) 9/23 Limonsito (Lime berry) 9/24 Palong-manok (Red cockscomb) 9/24 Oliba (Sago palm) 9/24
Strawberry 9/24 Tangan-tangan (Castor oil plant) 9/26 Laua-laua (Carabao grass) 9/27 Chang-bato 9/27
Dayang (Pastureweed) 9/28 Landrina (Shaggy button weed) 9/29 Sayikan (Chicken weed) 9/29 Ampalaya (Bitter gourd) 10/1
Dilang-usa (Cattle bush) 10/2 Buta-buta (Blinding tree) 10/3 Kalumpang (Skunk tree) 10/4 Tagak-tagak (Dainty spurs) 10/5
Tawa-tawa (Snake weed) 10/8 Pugahan (Fishtail palm) 10/10 Pigeon orchid 10/10 Tandang-aso (Turkey berry) 10/11
Talahib (Wild cane) 10/12 Nito-nitoan (Climbinhg maidenhair) 10/12 Sagai-uak (Curanja) 10/13 Kaya-kayapuan (our leaves clover) 10/13
Taiuman (Hairy indigo) 10/13 Dalunot 10/13 Green peperomia 10/13 Kadlum (False patchouli) 10/13
Kalimatas 10/14 Siempreviva (Christmas tree plant) 10/14 Lalampaka (Perennial sowthistle) 10/14 Busbusi (Hairy fogfruit) 10/15
Gisol-na-bilog (Peacock ginger) 10/15 Kalachuchi (Frangipiani) 10/15 Kalabasa (Squash) 10/16 Barulad (Sleepy morning) 10/16
Botolan (Snowberry tree) 10/16 Cujete (Calabash tree) 10/17 Sea grape 10/18 Dama de noche (Night jessamine) (10/18
Dandelion 10/21 Pandan (Screw pine) 10/21 Pandakaking-tsina (Crape jasmine) 10/21 Moras (Vetiver grass) 10/22
Bawang (Garlic) 10/23      
NEW MEDICINAL PLANT ENTRIES
Miracle fruit 5/18 Batuan (Gamboge) 5/20 Upang (Stink bean) 6/5 Sanchezia (Shrubby whitevein) 6/10
Bitsuelas (Common bean) 7/15 Bamboo ginger 7/19 Panda (Pussy ears) 10/13 Rain lily 10/15
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