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…
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) presents the “False Bird of Paradise” as Plant of the Month (POM) with scientific name Heliconia plastachys Baker. It is also known as hanging lobster claw, lobster-claw, crab claw, or hanging heliconia. The false bird of paradise is native to Central and South America, commonly used…
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.