Gallery: Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum , Igyo

A tall specimen with straight trunk at U.P. Diliman,Garden of Native Trees, taken with Smartmobile S2 phone camera, posted on December 18, 2014 to Facebook.

Here are some photos of Igyo taken by Ella Bernalis Jacildo in Pulupandan, last September 1, 2014.



Earlier photos by Mario Delmendo were taken last August 25, 2014 at Bacnotan, La union.



Igyo is also featured in Washington Sycip Garden of Native Trees, Diliman, Quezon City.



Common names for Igyo include buntog, malabaga, bakugan and taliktan, ivory mahogany, ananangtang, bakugan, basiloag, bolong-tambag, bongliu, bundugon, buntogan, ikuo, Kugiug, makasisi, malaaduas, malabaga, tadyang-kalabaw, ivory mahogany.

Igyo is a medicinal tree. Here is a reference for its reputed cancer cure: Philstar: Mahogany extract may hold cancer cure

First mushrooms to sprout up

After some heavy rains last week, we were overjoyed to see these mushrooms sprouting up. But it was the only clump we saw. Hope to see more in the days ahead. Photographed at U.P. Clarkfield, Pampanga.

Gallery: plumbago flowers

This brilliant blue specimen photo comes from the lens of Estela Aximar Julayco Nikon Coolpix S2700 camera,taken at Talisay, Negros Occidental.


Plumbagos come in whites (P. Zeylanica), blues (P. auriculata)), and also in the rarer reds.

Gallery: Lagerstroemia speciosa, Banaba or Queen's flower.

They are flowering along roads and lots. This photo was shot in Bacnotan, La Union by Mario Molave Maravilla Delmendo using a Sony WSC800 camera.

Gallery: Rambutan

here is a recent photo posted by Evelyn Bautista of a rambutan tree, in an early fruiting stage. Soon the fruits will turn red.Specimen was shot in Negros Occidental.

Here is a photograph, taken by JPatrick Britanico, of a rambutan tree taken at much earlier flowering stage, up North in Cavite.

A nonflowering rambbutan photo, contributed by Lulou Caballero, specimen growing in Panay Island.

Gallery: Securinega flexuosa, anislag

A certified endemic plant to the Philippines, this specimen shot of an anislag was taken by Benigno Resurrecion with a Nikon L830 at UPLB. It is unfortunately listed as VULNERABLE.

Flueggia flexuosa is a synonym for Securinega flexuosa.

Gallery: Melia azedarach, paraiso, china berry,

This specimen of a paraiso was shot by Mario Molave Delmendo, in Bacnotan, La Union using a W800 camera.

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