The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for July 2019 is the “banaba” or scientifically known as Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. It belongs to family Lythraceae. It is native to tropical Southern Asia but usually grown in South and East Asia like Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Southern China, and…
Cycas riuminiana Porte ex Regel also known as “Pitogo” is the Makiling Botanic Gardens Plant of the Month for June 2019. Pitogo belongs to family Cycadaceae and can be found in the Malaya, Polynesia and in the Philippines. It is still largely populated in Mt. Arayat and Mt. Dipalayag, Philippines. Pitogo has…
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for May 2019 is the “sampaguita” or scientifically known as Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait. It belongs to family Oleaceae. It is native to Bhutan, Bangladesh Indian, and Pakistan but much cultivated in South and Southeast Asia. Sampaguita is derived from the…
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for March 2019 is the “fish tail fern” or scientifically known as Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott. It belongs to family Nephrolepidaceae and is also known as forked sword fern and macho fern. It is endemic to Florida, Mexico, the West Indies,…
Morinda citrifolia L. bracteata (Roxb.) Hook.f popularly known as Noni is the Makiling Botanic Gardens Plant of the Month for February 2019. Noni or “cheese fruit” belongs to family Rubiaceae. It is distributed across Southeast Asia and Australia and cultivated throughout the tropics. It is also widely naturalized. Noni is attractive to weaver ants…
Welcome 2019! To start this year, the Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) would like to present “almaciga” as its Plant of the Month (POM) for January. Agathis philippinensis Warb., popularly known as almaciga or dayungon in tagalog belongs to family Araucariaceae. It is native to the Philippines, Sulawesi and Halmahera. The wood of…