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Philippine Herbal Encyclopedia

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Bulak (Bis.) Skin

Bulak (Bis.)

Gossypium herbaceum L.

An erect shrubby, much-branched plant. Height: Grows to about 2-3 meters high. Leaves: Leaves are 4 to 8 centimeters in...

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Buddha belly plant (Engl.) Skin

Buddha belly plant (Engl.)

Jatropha podagrica Hook.

Succulent or sub-woody shrub Height: 0.5 to 1 meters Leaves: Leaves are peltate, glossy green adaxially, gray-green abax...

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Beechwood (Engl.) Joint

Beechwood (Engl.)

Gmelina arborea Roxb.

A tree Height: Up to 30 meters Leaves: Leaves are opposite, deciduous, entire, 10 to 20 cm long, 7 to 13 cm wide, cordat...

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Tayabas (Tag.) Antiseptic

Tayabas (Tag.)

Psidium guajava L.

A shrub or small tree Height: 3 to 10 meters tall Leaves: Leaves are opposite, oblong to elliptic, and 5 to 1 centimeter...

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Hibiscus (Engl.) Antiseptic

Hibiscus (Engl.)

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

An erect, much-branched, glabrous shrub Height: 1 to 4 meters high Leaves: Leaves are glossy green, ovate, acuminate, po...

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Binunga (Tag.) Skin

Binunga (Tag.)

Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell.-Arg.

Tree Height: 5 to 10 meters. Leaves: Leaves are peltate, ovate to oblong-ovate, 10 to 25 centimeters long, with entire o...

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Halon (Tag.) Skin

Halon (Tag.)

Amaranthus cruentus L.

An erect, stout, branched, unarmed, annual herb Height: Growing to a height of 1 to 2 meters. Leaves: Lower leaves are o...

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Dalunot (Tag.) Cardiovascular

Dalunot (Tag.)

Pipturus arborescens (Link) C. B. Rob.

A dioecious shrub or small tree. Height: A height of 3 to 5 meters. Leaves: Leaves are ovate, 7 to 8 centimeters long, 3...

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Kapanitulot (Tag.) All

Kapanitulot (Tag.)

Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.

An erect, branched, smooth undershrub. Height: 0.8 to 1.5 meters high Leaves: Opposite, lanceolate, green or variegated...

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Handalika (Tag.) Skin

Handalika (Tag.)

Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken

An erect, more or less branched, smooth, succulent herb. Height: 0.4 to 1.4 meters in Leaves: Leaves are simple or pinna...

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Not provided Skin

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A climber or vine Leaves: Leaves are lanceolate, 8-15 cm long, pinnately vein.

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Agonoy (Iloilo) Antiseptic

Agonoy (Iloilo)

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. King and H. Robinson

A bushy herb or subshrub with long rambling branches Height: 2 meters high Leaves: Arrohead-shaped, 5 to 12 centimeters...

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