By: AALimpiada Before the visit to the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Headquarters, H.E. Ambassador Souza e Silva, with Deputy Chief of Mission Minister Sérgio Taam and Head of Political Sector Counselor Ricardo dos Santos Poletto had a fun and nice tour inside the Makiling Botanic Gardens. Their visit last 14th …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for February 2023 is the Kasupangil, scientifically known as Clerodendrum intermedium Cham. The plant is from the family Lamiaceae and is native to the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, Taiwan, and Thailand. Clerodendrum was named by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753 derived …
By: AALimpiada Photo by: MJEMenorca Ms. Laura Oexle, Deputy Head of Mission of the German Embassy in Manila had a short tour at the Makiling Botanic Gardens. As part of their visit to the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, she paid a visit to one of the ASEAN Heritage Park in …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for January 2023 is the Looi-looi, scientifically known as Freycinetia sphaerocephala Gaudich. The plant is from the family Pandanaceae and is endemic to the Philippines. The genus Freycinetiawas was named by Charles Gaudichaud Beaupre, a botanist who first collected and described …
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Dr. Kee Il Lyu (President), Dr. Eui-Seok Nahm, and Dr. Kyounghee An from the Far East University of Korea had a very short last 17 January 2023. After the meeting with the Executives of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, they strolled the gardens wherein we feature the beautiful …