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Zigzag plant scientific name6/10/2023 The difficulty in searching for a particular Philippine plant is the The use of public domain images and images through Creative Commons and GNUF Licenses have enormously helped provide visual elements to what would otherwise be bland pages of text. Thus, because of the surprising wealth of information I have stumbled upon, I have started to include medicinal plant entrees without graphics. Which on web-search and research reveal folkloric medicinal use in otherĬountries or have undergone scientific investigations. Info, research studies and addition of new plants.Ĭompilation includes many ornamental plants, weedsĪnd shrubs with no known folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines, Frequent updates are done for photos, folkloric Origins of the common names, which in itself presents as an interestingĮtymological study. Names) Of interesting note, is the variety and seemingly amusing Variations in the common names of the same specie of plant. Similarity in common names shared by plants of different species, orĭifferent names for the same plant in the same region or tribe, or confusing The red- and bold-fonted names are the original ten medicinal plants promoted by the Departmentįor quite a number of plants, there may be a confusing English names are included in the Tagalog lists for plants There are three separate listing of medicinal plants: a Tagalog list, an English list for those plants with Englishĭesignations, and a Chinese list (not updated), for the medicinal plants with Chinese names. The Philippine medicinal plant list now numbersĪbout 1374 (May 2023).
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