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RECENT MEDICINAL PLANT UPDATES
The Complete Updated List of Philippine Medicinal Plants in Tagalog and English
Butuan (Monkey banana) 4/11 Tabubungiau (Spiral ginger) 4/11 Sea grape (Platterleaf) 4/12 Luyang dilaw (Long tumeric) 4/12
Luya-luyahan (Zedoary root) 4/13 Dusol (Common resurrection lily) 4/14 Gisol na bilog (Tropical crocvus) 4/17 Tagbak4/18
Tagbak-babae (Ring malacca) 4/18 Lankauas (Spice ginger) 4/19 Lankauas na pula (Shell ginger) 4/19 Luya (Common ginger) 4/20
Luiang-usiu (Ginger shampoo) 4/21 Tikas (Canna lily) 4/21 Bamban (Common donax) 4/22 Araro (Arrowroot ) 4/22
Soldier's orchid 4/25 Pigeon orchid 4/25 Tawa-tawa (Bell orchid) 4/26 Agoho (Beach She-oak) 4/27
Pansit-pansitan (Silver bush) 4/27 Buyo-buyo (False kava?) 4/28 Ikmo (Betel leaf pepper) 5/02 Paminta (Pepper) 5/04
Litlit (Long pepper) 5/04 Kubamba (Cow foot leaf) 5/04 Apot (Glabrous sarcandra) 5/05 Barau-barau 5/10
Libas (Wild mango) 5/12 Malatiki (Indian willow) 5/13 Tigre (Mother-in-law's tongue) 5/14 Cham-poi (Chinese strawberry) 5/14
Dulsis 5/15 Anabiong (Gunpowder tree) 5/15 Ipo (Sacking tree) 5/16 Antipolo 5/18
Rimas (Breadfruit) 5/20 Kamansi (Breadnut) 5/20 Sikir (Hairy crabweed) 5/22 Balete (Weeping fig) 5/22
Indian rubber tree 5/23 Hauili (Septic tree) 5/23 Baleting-baging (Indian banyan) 5/23  
NEW MEDICINAL PLANT ENTRIES
Calico flower (Dutchman's pipe) 4/07 Lavandula (True Lavender) 4/07 Bakalanga (Tropical chickweed) 4/08 Norfolk Island pine 4/20
Sitsaro (Garden pea) 4/24 Lamon (Tape seagrass) 4/29 Amaryllis lily (Orange lirio) 5/12 Shui mei (Water jasmine) 4/20
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