Philippine Herbal Encyclopedia
Explore the rich diversity of medicinal plants recognized by the Philippine Department of Health.
Diabetes
Pepper (Engl.)
Piper interruptum Opiz.
Climber or vine Height: - Leaves: Alternate, entire and bilaterally pinnately-veined Flowers: With short, whitish to gre...
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Antiseptic
Black Pepper (Engl.)
Piper nigrum L.
Perennial. slender vine Height: - Leaves: Ovate, cordate, palmately-veined, dark leaves (2) Flowers: With small apetalou...
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Respiratory
Alagaw (Tag.)
Premna odorata Blanco.
Shrub to tree Height: 1-10m Leaves: Leaves opposite, ovate or obovate, rotundate to lanceolate, 2.5 – 16 (− 20) × (2 –)...
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Skin
Dog's Tongue (Engl.)
Pseudolephantopus spicatus (Juss. ex Aubl.) C.F. Baker)
Perennial herb Height: 30-50 cm (1) Leaves: Lanceolate to narrow elliptical, attenuated into a sheathing base, obscurely...
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Antiseptic
Guava (Engl.), Bayabas (Tag.)
Psidium guajava L.
Evergreen shrub or tree Height: 3-10 m (2) Leaves: Opposite, Oval to oblong leaves (1), numerous lateral veins are promi...
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Skin
Narra (Ceb)
Pterocarpus indicus Willd.
Large, evergreen deciduous tree Height: 33 m or more Leaves: Compound ovate to oblong-ovate leaves (1) Flowers: Fragrant...
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Digestive
Radish (Eng.)
Raphanus sativus L.
Annual, erect, hairy herb Height: 20-100 cm Leaves: Alternate, glabrous to sparingly hispid; radical rosette in lower le...
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Diabetes
Wild sugarcane (Engl.), Talahib (Tag.),
Saccharum spontaneum L.
Perennial grass, erect and rhizomatous deep roots Height: 2-5 m Leaves: Long, linear-lanceolate, glabrous leaves that ha...
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Skin
Nutrush (Engl.)
Scleria scrobiculata Nees &Meyen ex Nees
Grass Height: 50 cm Leaves: Leaves clustered in the middle of the culms or stems have scabrid margins, linear, gradually...
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Antiseptic
Candle Bush (Engl.), Akapulko (Tag.)
Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
Short-lived perennial shrub Height: 4m Leaves: Pinnate leaves with broad and rounded apex with a small pointed tip, and...
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Skin
Devil's Fig or Trukey Berry (Engl.), Tandang-Aso (Tag.)
Solanum torvum Sw.
Shrub Height: up to 2 m Leaves: Opposite, simple, ovate, coursely 2-3 sinulate, obliquely sucordate base, acute apex, st...
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Skin
Sweet scented apple mangrove (Eng.)
Sonneratia alba Sm.
Tree Height: 3-15m Leaves: Opposite, simple, obovate to ovate, apex broadly rounded, leathery leaves (1,2) Flowers: infl...
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