Catalogue: Plants in My Area
Not a complete list - just those that have specific purposes.
Fresh / live plants unless noted otherwise.
Garden
Live plants housed in the home's garden.
Aromatic Cooking Herbs
- Basil
- Dill
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Ginger
- Turmeric
- Siling Labuyo
- Spring onion
- Lemongrass
- Pandan
Misc. Kitchen Plants
- Calamansi
- Celery
- Malunggay
- Kamias
- Papaya
- Mugwort
- Tea
- Mexican thyme
- Holy basil
- Lavender
Flowering
- Roses
- Four o'clock flower
- Bougainvillea
- Desert Rose
- Hoya
- Cosmos
- Lantana
- Sampaguita
- Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
- Santan
- Madagascar perwinkle
Others
- Dumbcane
- Pansit-pansitan
- Rougeplant / Bloodberry
Unidentified
- Stinky bean tree
- Unsorted succulents
Neighborhood
Any area that is not my home and is easily accessed.
Area 1: Streets
- Mango
- Rambutan
- Guava
- Duhat
- Agave
- Bamboo
- Kalachuchi
- Adelfa
- Datura
- Pine-like tree
- Possible blinding plant
Area 2: Church
- Makopa
- Rambutan
- Devil's Backbone
- Angel's trumpet
- Cape leadwort
- Mussaenda philippica
Area 3
- Goldenn shower
- Caston plant
- White spiderlily
- Acacia / Rain tree
- White silk cotton tree
- Red silk cotton tree
- Sunflower
- Cosmos
- Mango
- Butterfly pea / Ternate
- Ipil-ipil
- Kaimito
- Banaba
- Mayana / Coleus
- Pigeonberry
- Gumamela
- Mussaenda philippica
- Peregrina
- Fish poison tree
- Ilang-ilang
Area 4
- Serpentina
- Pobreng-kahoy / Milk bush / Pencil tree
Area 5
- Kalachuchi
- Cherry blossom
- Fire tree
- Stinky bean tree
- Balete
- Kadena de amor
Unidentified
Kitchen / Grocery / Market
Easily available at local stores, and generally finds use in the kitchen.
Legend
D: dried only
F+D: either fresh or dried
D-P: dried powdered form only
Aromatics and Spices
- Onion
- Garlic
- Ginger (F+D)
- Chili (F+D)
- Green onion / Spring onion
- Parsley (F+D)
- Sage (D-P)
- Basil (F+D)
- Black pepper (D)
- White pepper (D)
- Coriander (seeds (D) and leaves)
- Szechuan pepper (D)
- Cloves (D-P)
- Allspice (D-P)
- Nutmeg (D-P)
- Cardamom (D)
- Black cardamon (D)
- Cumin (D-P)
- Lemongrass
- Pandan
Herbs (Medicinal)
- Lemongrass
- Ginger (F+D)
- Tea (black, green, oolong) (D)
- Coffee (D)
- Senna (D)
- Sambong (D)
- Banaba (D)
- Lagundi (D)
- Ampalaya leaves (F+D)
- Moringa / Malunggay (F+D)
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- Kinchay
- Wansoy
- Cilantro
- Kulantro
Weeds
Plants that flourish in open waste spaces without human intervention.
Note
(*): Unseen/unsure but of high interest
- Nightshade
- Makahiya / Bashful mimosa
- Mani-manian / Peanut grass / Golden glory
- Datura
- Damong maria
- Artillery plant / Isang-dakot-na-bigas / Angeloweed / Gunpowder plant / Joypowder plant / Lace plant / Military fern / Pistol plant / Rockwweed
- Balatong-Pula / Wild indigo / Fish poison
- [Malatabako / Tobacco weed / Soft elephant's foot](http://www.stuartxchange.com/Malatabako
- Damong-mabaho / Tubang-kabayo / Malay blumea / False ox tongue
- Hairy indigo
- Dilang-usa / Sigang-dagat / Camel bush / Rough blue bell
- Lagkitan / Marabas / Mysore fan petals
- Sambong-gala / Wing stem grass
- Paang-baliwis / Roadside leafbract
- Baging-baging / Karakamote / Little bell morning glory / Trilobed morning glory
- Sapin-sapin / Blackweed / Green shrimp plant
- Indian cress
- Bias-pugo / Acrid weed / Blistering ammania / Tooth cup
- Asthma weed / Hairy fleabane
- Kulutan / Burweed
- Chocolate weed / Redweed / Wirebush
- Loktokong / Pansi-pansi / Musk basil
- Iba-ibaan / Chamber bitter / Stonebreaker
- Halon / Foxtail amaranthus / Red amaranth
- Albaka / Lesser roundweed
- Beggar ticks
- Toothache plant / Buzz buttons
- Indigo
- Malbas / Chinese bell flower / Indian mallow
- Karukansoli / Solasolasihan / Line-leaf leucas
- Dayang / Tuhod-manok / Pastureweed
- Hairy carpet weed
- Bias-bias / Benghal dayflower / Tropical spiderwort
- Botobotonisan / East Indian globe thistle
- Malabar catmint
- Ambong / Perennial Indian hemp / Devil's cotton (*)
- St. Paul's wort / Yellow crown head (*)
- Prickly poppy (*)
- Tabang-bayawak / Kidney bush / Wild hops (*)
- Botonesan / Bachelor's button / Buttonweed / False ironwort / Knobweed
- Harangan / Sneeze weed
- Verbena / Vervain (*)
- Tagulinay / Ironweed / Purple fleabane
- Sesame / Linga (*)
- Tandang-aso / Devil's fig / Turkey berry / Pea eggplant (*)
- Kandikandilaan / Bastard vervain / Blue snake weed / Devil's coach whip / Worryvine
- Kolinta / Dog bush / Porcupine flower / Thorny nail dye
- Bayambang / Thorny pigweed / Prickly amaranth / Needle burr
- Hangod / Prickly chaff flower / Devil's horsewhip
- Bunga-bunga / Alligator weed / Dwarf copperleaf / Sessile joyweed
- Lipang-aso / Stinging nettle
- Malay-palay / Asian sprangletop / Lamb grass
- Bulak-manok / Damong-pallas / Kiloking-kabayo / Tagulinaw / Billy goat weed
- Spreading hog weed / Horse purselane / Red spiderlning / Paanbalibis
- Malagoso / Erect carpetweed / Indian chickweed / pig weed / itch flower
- Seed-under-leaf / Virgate leaf-flower / wiry spurge
- Dilang-butiki / creeping lickstoop / creeping dentella
- Apoy-aopoyan / Balabalanoyan / Silisian / Asian spider floewr / dog mustard / tickweed / wild mustard
- Mala-anis / Saang-kabayo / Sampalokan / Escobilla / Bitterbrrom / Sweet broom weed / Licorice weed
- Kolasi / Alikbangon / Dayflower / Doveweed
- Agor / Ubod-ubod / Grass-like fimbry / Globe fringerush / Hoorahgrass
- Malapako / Tubong-talapang / False primrose / Mexicna primrose-willow
- Gulasimang-aso / Toston / Desert horse purselane / Black pigweed / Giant pigweed
- Chickenweed / Sayikan
- Broom plant / Clock plant / Common false mallow
- Gulasiman / Alas diyes / Common purselane / Flowering purselane / Little hogweed / Pigweed / Purselane / Pursley
- Bearded knotweed / Sigan-lupa / Subsuban / Knot grass / Bunchy sedge / Field sedge / Water milkwort
- Country mallow / Flannel weed / Heart-leaf sida / Silky white marrow / Indian ephedra
- Coat buttons / Wild daisy
- Kulitis / Green amaranth / Pig weed / Slender amaranth / Wild amaranth
- Balatong-aso / Baho-baho / Coffee pod / Fetid cassia / Ring worm plan / Sicklepod senna / Wild senna
- Pasaw-na-hapay / Seed box / Water primrose
- Marsh-mallow / Sleepy morning / Velvet leaf / Monkey bush
- Lanting / Broad-leaved plantain / Ribwort / Way bread / White man's footprint / Wild saso
- Apoyapoyan / Tuia / Graceful pouzolzsbush
Sedges and Grasses
- Pugo-pugo / Green water sedge / Shortleaf spikesedge
- Rattail smut grass / West Indian dropseed
- Tropical cupgrass / Spring grass
- Carabao grass
- Tadyawan / Palm grass
- Pitscale grass
- Anuang / Whitehead spikesedge
- Paragis / Crab grass / Crowsfoot grass / Dog's tail / Goose grass / Iron grass / Wire grass / Yard grass
- Balili / Burgu grass / Burgu millet / Hippo grass / Long-awn water grass
- Barit / Clubhead cutgrass / Swamp rice grass
- Bayokibok / Barnyard millet / Chicken-panic grass / Cockspur grass / Cock's foot / Cockspur grass / Hairy crabgrass / Water grass
- Kogon / Blady grass / Cogon grass / Japanese blood grass / Speargrass / Wooly grass / Satin tails
- Nut grass / Coco grass / Purple nutsedge / Red nutsedge
- Shortleaf spikesedge / Geen water sedge / Mullumbimby couch
- Amor-seco / Marisekos / Golden false beardgrass / Grass seed / Lesser speargrass / Love grass / Mackie's pest