Appendix 5: Plants

Kahuy (Trees)
abukadu avocado (Persea americana)
asam tamarind (Tagalog sampalok) (Tamarindus indica)
atis sweetsop; sugar apple (Annona squamosa)
bakkaw mangrove (Rhizophora spp.)
baluꞌ-baluꞌ a small tree used for fencing and firewood (Tagalog bani) (Pongamia pinnata)
baru a vaceous tree, (Tagalog banago) (Thespesia populnea)
bawnuꞌ a fruit belonging to the mango family, the fruit of which is white (Magnifera Caesia)
baymbing balimbing/balingbing (Averrhoa carambola)
bayuk a type of gum tree
biyabas guava (Psidium guajava)
butun (Tagalog botong) a beach tree with large rounded leaves and large white flowers resembling a shaving brush. The four-sided, box-like fruit are buoyant and waterproof. (Barringtonia asiatica)
buwahan lanzone (Lansium domesticum)
chiku chico (Manilkara achras)
dalingaw any of several trees including the showy fire tree (Delonix regia)
daliyangaw another name for dalingaw
dapdap coral tree, red flowering beach tree having medicinal importance. (Erythnina spp.)
dūyan durian (Durio zibethinus)
gawgaꞌ (see suwaꞌ gawgaꞌ)
hamulawn molave tree yielding a very hard wood impervious to decay. (Vitex parviflora and related species)
ibaꞌ kamias (a tree yielding a very sour green fruit about 3 inches long) (Averrhoa bilimbi spp.)
ipil ipil (Intsia bijuga)
jatiꞌ teak (Tectona grandis)
jaytun/jaytuk olive tree
kakaw cacao; chocolate tree (Theobroma spp.)
kahawa coffee (Coffea arabica)
kalamundin calamansi (Citrus mitro carpa)
kalamunggay drumstick tree/horseradish tree (Moring oleifera)
kalikit a leguminous tree, the balete (Kinguodendron alternifolium)
kamansi seeded breadfruit (Artocarpus camansi)
kamawnggiꞌ a spiny woody shrub, (Tagalog kalumbibit) (Caesalpinia crista)
kambang tuli a tree 5-10 meters high with cosmetic, medicinal, and food uses (Sesbania grandiflora)
kamiꞌ the candle nut tree, source of oil for varnishes and paints. (Aleurites Moluccana (L.) Willd.)
kamias a tree of the Oxalidaceae family, with small, light green squash-shaped sour fruit (Cicca acida)
kamuning a hedge shrub/small tree with fragrant white flowers (Murray exotica)
kandiis a 10-meter-high tree with sour but edible fruit (Garcinia rubra)
kapiladang a labiate plant (Coleus spp.)
kapuk kapok tree; silk cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra)
kasuy cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale)
kayam otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis)
kilul another name for kalamunggay
kulul variety of breadfruit (Artocarpus elastica)
kumbung variety of fruit tree of the katmon family (Dillenia spp.)
kundul wax-gourd (Benincasa hispida)
labanus soursop/guayabano (Annona muricata)
lagting mangrove timber
lambaguꞌ another name for baru
lansa-lansa cosmos plant (Cosmos caudatus HBK)
luyaꞌ variety of jackfruit
makupa makopa tree (Syzygium samarangense)
malul sampaguita
mampallam a small variety of mango (Mangifera indica)
manakayan lauan tree yielding Philippine mahogany
mandiri madre de cacao (Gliricidia sepium)
mangga common Cebu mango, larger than the mampallam
mangga kābaw common Cebu mango
manggis mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana)
marang a fruit tree related to the breadfruit and jackfruit (Artocarpus odoratissima)
naga narra (Pterocarpus indicus)
nangkaꞌ Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
nunuk strangler fig, balete (Ficus spp.)
pūt₂ a kind of tree with flammable sap
sampakaꞌ frangipanni (Plumiera acutifolia)
sampalluk tamarind (Tagalog sampalok) (Tamarindus indica)
sandanaꞌ sandal-wood (Satalun album)
santul santol (Sandoricum koetjape)
siniguelas spanish plum (Spondias purpurea)
suwaꞌ citrus (generic)
suwaꞌ bagun lime (Citrus aurantifolia)
suwaꞌ gadja pomelo (Citrus maxima)
suwaꞌ gawgaꞌ tangerine (Citrus nobilis)
suwaꞌ iklug lemon (Citrus limon)
suwaꞌ kalamunding calamansi (Citrus microcarpa)
suwaꞌ mamis sweet orange (Citrus aurantium)
suwaꞌ pusuran a sweet-smelling small lemon with rough skin
suwaꞌ sinaꞌ a thin-skinned citrus the size of an orange
tambis tambis (Eugenia aquea)
taysay tropical almond (a tree that grows near the shore, the leaves of which were used to blacken teeth) (Terminalia spp.)
tea (Thea sinensis).
tingul mangrove
tungug mangrove tree
usaw rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)
wanni a species of mango (Mangifera odorata)
yakal yakal (Shorea gisok)
Bāgun iban Sayul (Vines and Vegetables)
alugbati a kind of green vegetable used in stews (Basella rubra)
antutugan any of several of the glory trees (Clerodandron spp.)
anggul grape
asparagus asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
bānag₂ a thorny vine; cat brier; green brier
batung/bātung pea; bean; nut (generic)
batung baymbing winged bean (Tagalog sigarillas)
batung hidjaw navy bean; blackeyed pea
batung larut peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
batung lupis yard-long bean (Tagalog sitao) (Vigna sesquipedalis)
batung munggu mongo bean (Phaseolus aureus)
bawang garlic, or any such plant with a bulb (Allium spp.)
bawang putiꞌ garlic (Allium sativum)
bawang pula leek
bulakan any of several convulaceous vines (Stitocardia spp.)
dulaw turmeric (Curcuma longa)
ingkug melon (Cuxumis melo)
kābasiꞌ variety of squash (Cucurbita maxima)
kabidj cabbage (Brassica oleracea capitata)
kabilaw a light violet creeping vine with transparent-blue flowers (Commelina benghalensis)
kalari taro (Tagalog gabi) (Colocasia esculenta)
kamatis tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum)
kangkung water vine weed (Ipomea reptans aquatica)
kangkung kuraꞌ (Tagalog saluyot) (Corchorus acutangulus)
karuts carrot (Daucus carota)
kinchay a type of Chinese celery similar to parsley (Apium graveolens)
labu long white squash (Lagenaria leucantha)
lagtang any of several menispermaceous vines (a poison for stunning fish is obtained from the berries of one [Anamirta cocculus])
lapunyang a wild ginger (Tagalog tumbong- aso) (Zingiber aerumbet)
lara chili pepper plant, (Tagalog sili) (Capsicum frutescens)
lara janggay chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens)
lukiyu young green onions
luuya ginger (Zingiber officinale)
mamaw a name given to the climbing aroids
maras cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
milun melon; cantaloupe (Cucumis melo)
munggu mongo bean (Phaseolus aureus)
nituꞌ climbing fern (Lygodium spp.)
paliyaꞌ bitter gourd (Momordica charantia)
panggiꞌ bāgun camote; sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
panggiꞌ kahuy cassava (Manihot esculenta)
patatas potato (Solanum tuberosum)
patulaꞌ patola (Luffa acutangula)
pichay a green leafy vegetable with white stalk (Brassica chinensis)
radis radish (Raphanus sativus)
sampinit wild raspberry (Rubus spp.)
sasawiꞌ mustard
sayul bātung (see bātung lupis)
sayul lara bell or green pepper
sayuti (Tagalog chayote) (Sechium edule)
sibuyas onion (Allium cepa)
singkamas yam bean, white turnip (a root plant with white fruit and light brown skin, usually eaten raw) (Pachyrrhizus erosus)
tagbak any of several plants whose fruit has many many seeds and tastes both sweet and sour
talum eggplant (Solanum melongena)
tawi-tawa a name given to several orchids (Dendrobium spp.)
timun watermelon (Citrillus lanatus)
tubli a leguminous plant used as a fish poison (Derris elliptica)
ubi a species of yam (Dioscorea alata)
ukra okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
uway rattan

Continued in: Appendix 5: Plants (Part 2)