Tangisang bayawak: MBG Plant of the Month for November 2018

The Makiling Botanic Gardens presents “Tangisang bayawak” as the Plant of the Month for November 2018. Ficus variegata Blume, locally known as tangisang bayawak and sometimes referred to as red-stem fig belongs to family Moraceae. It is widely distributed in the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Southern China, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, …

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Introducing PHILTROP

This video is presented during the UPLB EXSCITE 2014 Exhibit held at the SMX Convention Center. The video highlights the key features of the Philippine Center for Tropical Forest Science – the center to which the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems will transform into.

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