BARANGAY ROADS

PLANTS
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 DEFINITIONS:
A Barangay is the smallest
administrative division in the Philippines
and is the native Filipino term for a
village, district or ward.
A Street is a paved public thoroughfare in the built
environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in
an urban context, on which people may freely assemble,
interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level
patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable
surface such as concrete, cobblestone or brick. Portions may
also be smoothed with asphalt, embedded with rails, or
otherwise prepared to accommodate non-pedestrian traffic.
 The street is a public easement, one of the
few shared between all sorts of people. As a
component of the built environment as
ancient as human habitation, the street
sustains a range of activities vital to
civilization. Its roles are as numerous and
diverse as its ever-changing cast of
characters.
Streets can be loosely categorized as main
streets and side streets. Main streets are
usually broad with a relatively high level of
activity. Commerce and public interaction are
more visible on main streets, and vehicles
may use them for longer-distance travel. Side
streets are quieter, often residential in use
and character, and may be used for vehicular
parking.
 LANDSCAPING:
With this kind of built-environment, consideration of
Landscape design is very crucial. It requires certain
ambiance or environment that is suitable for it; else, fail to
comply might lead into an impact that is displeasing for the
surrounding community. So to make it more efficient,
particular plants or trees are needed to be predetermined
prior to the inception of landscape design. Trees that are
not too high and with branches that are evenly spread out
are commonly used for streets along Barangay roads.
These trees serve to provide enough shade and cool
environment for people, which is appropriate for the kind
of activity that usually occurs.
 PLANTS USED IN
BARANGAY ROADS:
BUNGA TREE ; Areca catechu

Erect, solitary tree growing

to 25 meters high with
annular scars. Leaves about
2-3 meters long with
numerous leaflets, 60-90cm
long. Spadix is branched
and compressed. Fruits are
ovoid, smooth, orange to
red when ripe; 4-6 cm long,
with a fleshy pericarp and
fibrous mesocarp.
 PLANTS USED IN
BARANGAY ROADS:
ALIBANGBANG; Bauhinia malabarica

Small but stocky tree growing to

a height of 8 to 10 meteres. Bark,
yellowish brown. Branches freely
rebranching, with a dense crown.
Leaves are broader than longer, 5
to 10 cm in length, heart-shaped
at the base, deeply notched at the
apex. Flowers, white and large.
Pods are long, narrow, flattened,
20-30 cm by 1.5-2.5 cms.
 PLANTS USED IN
BARANGAY ROADS:
Banaba; Lagerstroemia
speciosa Linn.
• A decidious tropical flowering
tree, 5 to 10 m high, sometimes
growing to a height of 20 meters.
Leaves, large, spatulate, oblong
to elliptic-ovate, 2-4 inches in
width, 5-8 inches in length;
shedding its leaves the first
months of the year. Before
shedding, the leaves are bright
orange or red during which time it
is thought to contain higher levels
of corosolic acid). Flowers are
racemes, pink to lavender;
flowering from March to June.
After flowering, the tree bears
large clumps of oval nutlike fruits.
 PLANTS USED IN
BARANGAY ROADS:
CABALERO; Caesalpinia pulcherrima
• In the genus Caesalpinia the most
popularly planted species is
Caesalpinia pulcherrima. Common
names for this species include
Poinciana, Peacock Flower, Red Bird
of Paradise, Mexican Bird of Paradise,
Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados,
and flamboyan-de-jardin. It is a shrub
growing to 3 m tall, native to tropical
America. The leaves are bipinnate, 20-
40 cm long, bearing 3-10 pairs of
pinnae, each with 6-10 pairs of leaflets
15-25 mm long and 10-15 mm broad.
The flowers are borne in racemes up
to 20 cm long, each flower with five
yellow, orange or red petals. The fruit
is a pod 6-12 cm long
CAMPANILLA; ALLAMANDA CATHARTICA L.
• Common name
Yellow allamanda, golden trumpet, yellow bell,
angel's trumpet, buttercup flower, bunga akar
kuning, wilkens-bita, llamarada, brownbud.
Yellow allamanda, a prolific bloomer, is a
scrambling, perennial shrub or vine up to
15 feet tall found on the riverbanks in
Suriname; it is a fast grower.
The big yellow funnel-shaped flowers are
arranged in rather long racemes; mostly at
the end of the branches. The leaves are
smooth, thick, opposite and pointed.
The fruits are prickly capsules, splitting to
release winged seeds.
Yellow allamanda has white milky sap in all
parts, which oozes out as soon as it is
broken.
All parts of the plant are considered
poisonous and highly cathartic.
CANDLE TREE; Parmentiera cereifera
• Striking, waxy skinned
green-yellow fruit that is
popular in parts of Mexico.
Fruits grow to 12" long.
• Description: Medium sized
tree
• Uses: Fruits and seeds are
edible. The tree is also
commonly grown as an
ornamental for its strange
appearance when fruits are
ripening.
Golden Shower Tree; Cassia fistula
• It is a medium-sized tree growing
to 10-20 m tall with fast growth.
The leaves are deciduous or
semi-evergreen, 15-60 cm long,
pinnate with 3-8 pairs of leaflets,
each leaflet 7-21 cm long and 4-9
cm broad. The flowers are
produced in pendulous racemes
20-40 cm long, each flower 4-7
cm diameter with five yellow
petals of equal size and shape.
The fruit is a legume is 30-60 cm
long and 1.5-2.5 cm broad, with a
pungent odour and containing
several seeds. The seeds are
poisonous.
 Tabebuia
• They are large shrubs and trees growing
to 5 to 50 m (16 to 160 ft.) tall depending
on the species; many species are dry-
season deciduous but some are
evergreen. The leaves are opposite
pairs, complex or palmately compound
with 3–7 leaflets.
• Tabebuia is a notable flowering tree. The
flowers are 3 to 11 cm (1 to 4 in.) wide
and are produced in dense clusters.
They present a cupular calyx
campanulate to tubular, truncate,
bilabiate or 5-lobed. Corolla colors vary
between species ranging from white,
light pink, yellow, lavender, magenta, or
red. The outside texture of the flower
tube is either glabrous or pubescent.The
fruit is a dehiscent pod, 10 to 50 cm (4 to
20 in.) long, containing numerous—in
some species winged—seeds. These
pods often remain on the tree through
dry season until the beginning of the
rainy season.
 TALISAY; Terminalia catappa
• It grows to 35 metres (110 ft) tall,
with an upright, symmetrical
crown and horizontal branches.
The Terminalia catappa has corky,
light fruit that is dispersed by
water. THe nut within the fruit is
edible when fully ripe,tasting
almost like almond. As the tree
gets older, its crown becomes
more flattened to form a
spreading, vase shape. Its
branches are distinctively
arranged in tiers. The leaves are
large, 15–25 centimetres (5.9–
9.8 in) long and 10–14 centimetres
(3.9–5.5 in) broad, ovoid, glossy
dark green and leathery. They are
dry-season deciduous; before
falling, they turn pinkish-reddish
or yellow-brown, due to pigments
such as violaxanthin, lutein, and
zeaxanthin.
The flowers are monoecious, with distinct
male and female flowers on the same tree.
Both are 1 centimetre (0.39 in) in
diameter, white to greenish,
inconspicuous with no petals; they are
produced on axillary or terminal spikes.
The fruit is a drupe 5–7 centimetres (2.0–
2.8 in) long and 3–5.5 centimetres (1.2–
2.2 in) broad, green at first, then yellow
and finally red when ripe, containing a
single seed.
SOURCES:
• http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/libraries/images/High%20Street.jpg
• http://swisspinoy.com/Philippines/_w/Barangay%20I%20or%20II,%20
San%20Fernando%20City,%20La%20Union_JPG.jpg
• http://www.globalpinoyproperties.com/uploads/3.%20traversed%20bar
angay%20road.JPG
• http://www.stuartxchange.com/Bunga.html
• http://www.stuartxchange.org/Alibangbang.html
• http://www.stuartxchange.org/Banaba.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesalpinia_pulcherrima
• http://www.tropilab.com/allamanda.html
• http://www.mybataan.com/deathmarch/wp-
content/uploads/2007/07/yellow-bell.JPG
• http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/candle_stick_tree.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shower_Tree
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabebuia
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalia_catappa