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RECENT MEDICINAL PLANT UPDATES
The Complete Updated List of Philippine Medicinal Plants in Tagalog and English
Sansau (Velvet leaf) 12/3 Climbing bird's nest fern12/3 Gumayaka (Dwarf sugar palm) 12/4 Acacia (Rain tree) 12/12
Paperbark Tree (Cajeput oil tree) 12/14 Alim 12/15 Batad (Broom corn)12/16 Bulaklak ng paraiso (Peacock flower) 12/19
Putokan (Chinese lantern) 12/23 Gau-gau (East Indian arrowroot) 12/25 Balatong-aso (Coffee senna) 12/25 Anthurium (Flamingo lily ) 12/26
Barau-barau 12/27 Banaba (Queen's flower) 12/29 Bataw (Hyacinth bean) 12/29 Balatong-pula (Purple tephrosia) 12/29
Katuray (Swamp pea) 12/30 Igiu (Ivory mahogany) 1/2 Marang (Johey oak) 1/4 Grevillea (Silk oak) 1/4
Jasmin (Jasmine) 1/5 Kalios (Sandpaper tree) 1/5 Escobilla (Yellow barleria) 1/6 Sarsalida (Slender carpetweed) 1/7
Kakaw (Chocolate tree) 1/12 Hangod (Devil's horsewhip) 1/13 Kutcharitas (Joseph's Coat) 1/15 Kayetana (Ivy-rue) 1/15
Kupit-jupit (Kidney-leaf morning glory) 1/16 Bulak-bulakan (Common mallow) 1/17 Litlit (Long pepper) 1/20 Sugpon-sugpon (Veldt grape) 1/26
NEW MEDICINAL PLANT ENTRIES
Kami (Mindanao cinnamon) 11/14 Pipinong-gubat (Little cucumber) 11/26 Dampalit (Shoreline purslane) 1/8 Bagnang-pula 1/10
Mickey Mouse bush 1/16  
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