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Philippine Herbal Encyclopedia

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Alarong (Tag.)Pigeon Wood (Engl.) Skin

Alarong (Tag.)Pigeon Wood (Engl.)

Trema orientalis (L.) Blume

Small Tree/Shrub Height: Not provided Leaves: Has light green, scabrous leaves and are ovate to lanceolate shape. Flower...

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Papaya (Tag.)Melon tree (Engl.) Skin

Papaya (Tag.)Melon tree (Engl.)

Carica papaya Linn.

Tree Height: Not Provided Leaves: Leaves- rounded in outline, 1 meter broad or less, palmately 7- or 9-lobed, each lobe...

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Kataka-taka (Tag.)Miracle plant (Engl.) Skin

Kataka-taka (Tag.)Miracle plant (Engl.)

Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam) Oken

Herb Height: Not provided Leaves: Have fleshy and hairless leaves. Simple or compound and arranged oppositely and flatte...

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Upo (Tag.)Bottle gourd (Engl.) Skin

Upo (Tag.)Bottle gourd (Engl.)

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

Vine Height: Not provided Leaves: Leaves are dark green in color. Flowers: Not Provided Fruits: Fruits are smooth, light...

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Ube (Tag.)Yam (Engl.)

Dioscorea alata L.

Creeping vine Height: Not Provided Leaves: It has a leaf-stalk that is slightly purple at both points of attachment. Flo...

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Gugo (Tag.)St. Thomas Bean (Engl.)

Entada phaseoloides ( L.) Merr.

Wood climber Height: Not Provided Leaves: Leaves are tripinnately arranged, common petioles usually ends in a long, toug...

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Madre Cacao (Tag.)St. Vincent Plum (Engl.) Skin

Madre Cacao (Tag.)St. Vincent Plum (Engl.)

Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp.

Tree Height: Not provided Leaves: Leaves- 15 to 25 centimeters long with 13 leaflets which are opposite, oblong-ovate Fl...

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Kalios (Tag.)Pigeon Pea (Engl.)

Cajanus cajan (Linn.) Millsp.

Shrub Height: Not Provided Leaves: Leaves are oblong-lanceolate, trifoliate with two lateral leaflets and a central/term...

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Kamatsile (Tag.)Camachiles (Engl.) Skin

Kamatsile (Tag.)Camachiles (Engl.)

Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.

Tree Height: Not Provided Leaves: Leaves are evenly pinnate. Flowers: Flowers- white, in dense heads. Fruits: Pods- turg...

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Narra (Tag.)Rosewood (Engl.) Skin

Narra (Tag.)Rosewood (Engl.)

Pterocarpus indicus Willd.

Tree Height: Not provided Leaves: Leaves are compound-pinnate, alternate leaflets, ovate to elliptic in shape with a pro...

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Gimelina (Tag.)Gmelina (Engl.)

Gmelina arborea Roxb.

Tree Height: Not provided Leaves: Leaf blades are broadly ovate, thickly papery, base is broadly cuneate to subcordate,...

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Abokado (Tag.)Avocado (Engl.) Skin

Abokado (Tag.)Avocado (Engl.)

Persea amerciana Mill.

Tree Height: Not provided Leaves: Leaves have red pigmentation, turn green as they matured. Flowers: Flowers are green-y...

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