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…
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,…
The Makiling Botanic Gardens presents “Palosanto” as the Plant of the Month of April. Its scientific name is Triplaris cumingiana Fisch. & Mey. that belongs to family Polygonaceae. Palosanto is also known as the “Ant Tree” or in some places it is called “Long John.” It is originally from Central America.
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) presents “Kapa Kapa” as the Plant of the Month (POM) with scientific name Medinilla magnifica. It is originally from the Philippines and favors cool and shaded growing environment like in Mount Makiling. Kapa kapa has become exceedingly rare in its natural habitat and is included…