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FEATURE ARTICLES PLANTS UPDATES
Herbal Supplements: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
The Ancestral House: Haunted No More
MEDICINAL PLANTS
The Story Behind the Medicinal Plant Compilation. (A Plantologist's Journey / Updated 9/2023)
The Complete Updated List of Philippine Medicinal Plants in Tagalog and English
List of Understudied Philippine Medicinal Plants
Abuse and Plagiarism of the Compilation on Philippine Medicinal Plants Under the Guise of Fair Use
List of Plants with Known Toxicity
Herb-Drug Interactions
RECENT MEDICINAL PLANT UPDATES
Pandan (Screw pine) 7/11 Shanghai beauty (Peregrina) 7/12 Pandan-mabango (Fragrant Pandan) 7/13 Niyog (Coconut) 7/13
Poinsettia (Christmas flower) 7/14 Alas doce (Hemp hibiscus, Kenaf) 7/15 Baino (Sacred lotus) 7/16 Kolitis (Slender amaranth) 7/18
Keeled clubmoss (Keeled tassel fern) 7/18 Gumamelang asul (Blue hibiscus) 7/20 Kubamba (Cow foot leaf / Wild pepper) 7/21 Kayam (Tahiti chestnut) 7/22
Kolintang violeta (Philippine violet) 7/23 Coral berry (Hen's eyes / Coral ardisia) 7/24 Oriental pepper (Oriental persicary) 7/25 Milfoil (Yarrow) 7/31
Hagimit (Cluster fig tree) 8/2 Almaciga (Philippine agathis) 8/10 Palong-manok (Red cockscomb) 8/14 Amaiit (Rukam / Indian plum) 8/15
Palosapis (Anisoptera thurifera) 8/17 Karanda (Bengal currant / Christ's thorn) 8/18 Kasuy (Cashew) 8/20 Lamlampaka (Field sow thistle) 8/22
Hibau (Bridal couch tree) 8/22 Puto (Mysore thorn / Shoofly) 8/23 Golden shower (Spectacular cassia) 8/26 Tsampakang pula (Joy perfume tree) 8/29
Lunas (Lunasia amara / Lamara) 9/1 Seru walai (Fringed spiderflower) 9/3 Saging-saging (Horned mangrove) 9/4 Rosas de Japon (Chrysanthemum) 9/10
Radicchio (Chicory) 9/12 Mangostan (Purple mangosteen) 9/13 Silu (Fire flame bush) 9/15 Dapdap (December tree) 9/16
Kintsay (Celery) 9/19 Taba-ahas (Mountain knot-grass) 9/21 Panapanarahan (Wild hops / Kidney bush) 9/22 Malatiki (Indian willow) 9/23
Kiapo (Water cabbage / Water lettuce) 9/26 Tungkod-pare (Good luck plant / Ti plant) 10/2 Kalamansanai (Philippine almond) 10/3 Pugo-pugo (Nut sedge / Green kyllinga) 10/4
Puso-puso (Indian laurel) 10/4 Payang-payang (Angel locks) 10/5 Corana de espina (Crown of thorns) 10/6 Rambutan (Ramboutanier) 10/7
Hamboro (Pitted aglaia) 10/9 African talisay (Madagascar almond) 10/10 Tinduk-tindukan (River mangrove) 10/11 Abutra (Yellow fruit moonseed) 10/11
Katil (Chinese bush carrot) 10/12 Yerba buena (Menthol mint) 10/14 Paperbark tree (Cajeput oil tree) 10/15 Talahib (Wild cane) 10/15
Tubo (Sugarcane) 10/16 Bawang (Garlic) 10/17 Abang-abang (Red tree vine) 10/18 Purple milletia (Chicha) 10/19
Kulutkulutan (Chinese burr) 10/21 Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) 10/22 Estrella (Star of Bethlehem) 10/25 Pink trumpet tree (Pink poui) 10/25
Tambu-tambu (Cedar mangrove) 10/28 Malasandia (Tiger foot morning glory) 10/29 Santan (Red ixora / Jungle flame) 10/30 Kaki (Japanese persimmon) 10/31
Sambong (Blumea camphor) 11/1 Mangostan (Purple mangosteen) 11/2    
RECENT AND NEW MEDICINAL PLANT ENTRIES (2024)
Broadleaf holly (Ilex asprella) 12/25 Ngamey (Orange wild rhea) 12/27 Malakabuan (False olive) 12/28 Edkoyan (Gutta percha tree) 1/2
Linaunau (Luna nut) 1/4 Kalimutain (Mossman mahogany) 1/8 Komintana (Citrine myrobalan) 1/11 Lunas kahoy (Clusterberry) 1/20
Talimughat taas (Friesodielsia lanceolata) 1/21 Lunas-buyo (Spiked pepper / Matico tree) 1/23 Abubu (Pangi / Grandifolia tree) 1/24 Salibutbut (Voacanga foetida) 1/25
Kangko (Rohituka tree) 1/29 Achacha (Orange mangosteen) 1/31 Bunya-bunya (Bunya pine) 2/6 Para rubber (Rubber tree) 2/7
Balikbikan (Drypetes longifolia) 2/16 Lucky bean tree (Wild olive / Amulet tree) 2/19 Kanarem (Malayan ebony) 2/21 Manggasinoro (Damar / White meranti) 2/24
Halimukon (Mexican rubber tree / Uletree) 2/29 Ice cream bean (Guaba) 3/6 Taluto (Bellflower sterculia) 3/10 Anii (Purple coral bean) 3/11
Butong-manok (Villaria odorata) 3/16 Tungaw (Harlequin glory bower) 3/17 Pingka-pingkahan (Indian trumpet tree) 3/27 Malabunga (Common false laurel) 3/28
Kalibaian (Indian heynea) 4/1 Anislag (White berry bush) 4/2 Lupisan (Great Malay bean) 4/4 Asaas (Griffith's ash / Philippine ash) 4/4
Malagoso (Erect carpet weed) 4/5 Tanaua (Koda tree / Silky ash) 4/5 Tipuho (Treculianus breadfruit) 4/6 Tez-mui (Shiny-leaf prickly ash) 4/8
Trumpet eugenia (Trumpet satinash) 4/10 Siau (Common yellow-stem fig) 4/11 Tapinag-bundok (Sterculia cordata) 4/17 Katag (Red grape tree) 4/18
Alangas (Barkberry fig) 4/19 Berdeng matang pusa (Green cat's eye) 4/20 Sininsing (Ringed ficus) 4/22 Bakauan-gubat (Fresh water mangrove) 4/24
Philippine ground orchid 4/26 Spiral nightshade (Solanum spirale) 4/27 Talisaian (Four-petal aglaia) 4/29 Ahuket (Packing leaf) 5/1
Rumdul (Romduol) 5/2 Tiga (Antidesma tomentosum) 5/5 Ligas (Semecarpus cuneiformis) 5/10 Lampakanay (Oriental cattail) 5/14
Tiaui (Panicled crypteronia) 5/17 Anoran (Hairy clerodendrum) 5/21 Sorsogon lanete (Smooth wrightia) 5/25 Aunasin (Sawtooth ardisia) 6/10
Lotok (Rose myrtle) 6/15 Manggis (Honey bee tree / Tualang bee tree) 7/6 Puting anghel (White angel / Arctic snow) 7/10 Eximia (Aglaia eximia) 7/11
Rock tassel fern (Fir clubmoss) 7/17 Spindle tree (Climbing euonymus) 7/23 Balat-buwaya tree (Forest coffee tree) 7/26 Tiagkot (Monkey pod) 7/28
Patayud (Tree heliotrope / Octopus bush) 7/30 Pagatpat baye (Mangrove apple) 8/4 Lubang-dapdap (Prickly coral tree) 8/6 Banilad (Hairy sterculia) 8/8
Salong-salong (Narig / Stellate-hair vatica) 8/10 Tawi-tawi narig (Resak ) 8/12 Bagolan (Yellow mahogany) 8/14 Salingkugi (White flower albizia) 8/16
Batik (Japanese eurya) 8/21 Pandakaking gubat (Milkwood) 8/24 Malasambong gubat (Tree vernonia) 8/25 Balu (Kou / Kerosene tree) 8/27
Kamuling (Microcos triflora var. triflora) 8/30 Amututin (Tasmannia piperita / Sapal) 8/31 Ginlin (Twin apple) 9/1 Pagatpat (Sweet-scented mangrove apple) 9/5
Ulayan (Celeb oak) 9/6 Batungaw (Red lip / Kelat oil) 9/9 Bankalon (Perfume flower tree) 9/11 Gadong-gadon (Coralberry) 9/24
Loquat (Chinese plum) 9/29 Alanday (Suji / Dragon's blood palm) 10/1 Bahilud (Buchanania insignis) 10/3 Kalong (Firefly mangrove tree) 10/20
Gapas-gapas bae (Fireweed) 10/24 Beberas (Curved flower chassalia) 10/27    
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Among patients hospitalized for COVID-19, who had been taking statins, there was substantially greater than 40% rediction in mortality and greater than 25% reduction in risk of developing a severe outcome. (Medscape Medical News)
Dangerous oleander is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID19 cure. / Also read: Adelfa / Nerium oleander
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