Philippine Herbal Encyclopedia

Aratiles (Tag.)

Muntingia calabura L.

A fast growing tree. Height: 5 to 10 meters high Leaves: Leaves are hairy, sticky, alternate, distichous, oblong-ovate t...

Malbas (Tag.)

Abutilon indicum L.

Dafronaya (Span.)

Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R.Br.

An erect, branched, fleshy, annual herb Height: Up to 1 meter high Leaves: Leaves are variously blotched, ovate, 4 to 8...

Malaina (Tag.)

Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R.Br.

An erect, branched, fleshy, annual herb Height: Up to 1 meter high Leaves: Leaves are downy and dark violet, broadly ova...

Daponaya (Bis.)

Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R.Br.

An erect, branched, fleshy, annual herb Height: Up to 1 meter high Leaves: Leaves are variously blotched, usually more o...

Bonsai (Engl.)

Pemphis acidula

An evergreen shrub or densely branching small tree. Height: Usually growing from 0.6 - 8 meters tall, occasionally up to...

Malatabako (Tag.)

Solanum verbascifolium L.

A shrub Height: 1 to 5 meters high Leaves: Leaves are ovate, oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovate, 10 to 23 centimeters long,...

Lady's fingers (Engl.)

Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.

A coarse, erect, branched, more or less hairy, annual herb Height: 0.6 to 1.5 meters high Leaves: Leaves are long-petiol...

Suganda (Tag.)

Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.

An aromatic, perennial succulent herb. Height: Grows up to a meter in height Leaves: Fleshy, broadly ovate, 4 to 9 centi...

Kahoi-dalaga (Tag.)

Anaxagorea luzonensis A. Gray.

A low undershrub Height: 2 to 4 meters height Leaves: Leaves are oblong, 7 to 15 centimeters long, 3 to 5 centimeters wi...

Suha (Tag.)

Citrus decumana (Burm.) Merr.

A small tree Height: 6 to 13 meters in height Leaves: Leaflets are entire or nearly so, sparingly hairy beneath and on t...

Gulancha tinospora (Engl.)

Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook.F. and Thoms.