LOCAL NAME SCIENTIFIC ALSO KNOWN AS DESCRIPTION PROPAGATION FLOWERS LEAVES FRUITS + (seeds) STEM/BRANCHES PREPARATION

NAME

1. Bayabas Psidium Guava Tree, 4-5 m high Seed, white opposite, oblong to round/oval, eaten raw Decoction
guajava grafting elliptic
Root/shoot
cuttings
tissue culture

2. Sambong Blumea Ngai Camphor Shrub ½ - 3 m high Plant cuttings Yellow, small, Rough, hairy Achenes (a small, dry Half woody/soft, hairy Decoction
blasamifera *Young plants around stalked, one-seeded fruit that Poultice
mother plant separate numerous does not open to
when they have 3+ lvs release the seed)

3. Yerba buena Menha Peppermint Herb, small Seeds Purple-bluish, Small, elliptical, STEM: creeps to the Decoction
cordifelia Multibranching hairy toothed margin ground → makes roots Infusion
Aromatic BRANCH:
; multibranched

4. Ampalaya Momordica Bitter Gourd Vine, climbing Seeds Yellow Heart-shaped Ribbed, wrinkled Decoction
charantia w/ tendrils that group 5-10 cm in diameter surface
Bitter Melon up to 20 cm Fleshy green Poultice
Pointed ends Infusion
Bitter taste

5. Lagundi Vitex negundo 5-Leaved Chaste Shrub, large, grows in Branches Blue, bell- Lanceolate (narrow, Small, black when ripe BRANCH: wooden Decoction
Tree the wild & wasteland shaped oval), slightly hairy
Collected when in Poultice
bloom Infusion

Tincture

6. Niyog- Quisqualis Chinese Vine, grows wild in Stem cuttings (20 White, red, Oblanceolate Tiny, ovoid, angular Decoction
Niyogan indica L. Honeysuckle backyards cm) pink SEEDS: From mature, Poultice
Rnagoon Creeper dried but newly opened
fruits

7. Tsaang gubat Carmona retusa Forest tea Shrub, grows wild in Plant cuttings White, small, Oblong-obovate, Red, yellow (ripe), BRANCH: short, Infusion
Wild Tea uncultivated areas and shiny rough round wooden Decoction
forests

8. Bawang Allium sativum Garlic Herb, low-growing Individual cloves - Flat, linear Bulbs (ovoid), consist of Decoction
from bulbs severa; tubers
 Poultice

Infusion

9. Akapulko Cassia alata Ringworm Bush Shrub seeds (dispersed Yellow, w/ 8-20; pinnate Pods contain 50-60 Decoction
(bayas- by waters) oblong sepals (feather-like); flattened, triangular Tincture
bayasan) stem cuttings contains oblong- seeds Infusion
elliptical shaped
leaflets

10. Ulasimang Peperomia Silver Bush Weed , grows in shady Seeds Tiny, dot-like, Heart-shaped, smooth Fruits bear one seed STEM: round Decoction
Bato pellucida Shiny Bush gardens and yards brown (ripe) (w/c can be propagated) Poultice
(pansit- Infusion
pansitan)

Bayabas Yerba buena Lagundi Tsaang-gubat Akapulko

(bayas-bayasan)

Sambong Ampalaya Niyog-Niyogan Bawang Ulasimang Bato

(pansit-pansitan)