50 Scientific Names

Acacia / Rain Tree

Samanea saman

Adlay / Job’s tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

Balimbing / Starfruit

Averrhoa carambola

Donya Aurora

Mussaenda philippica

Buko / Coconut

Cocos nucifera

Plastic plant / welcome plant

Zamioculas zamiifolia

Cacao / Cocoa

Theobroma cacao

Chico / Sapodilla

Manilkara zapota

Coffee plant 

Coffea arabica

Dragon fruit 

Selenicereus undatus

Duhat / Java plum

Syzygium cumini

Dumb cane 

Dieffenbachia seguine

Gabi / Taro

Colocasia esculenta

Golden pothos / Devil’s ivy

Epipremnum aureum

Guyabano / Soursop

Annona muricata

Ilang-ilang / Ylang-ylang

Cananga odorata

Kalamansi

Citrus x microcarpa

Kamias / Cucumber tree

Averrhoa bilimbi

Kamote / Sweet potato

Ipomoea batatas

Kangkong / Water spinach

Ipomoea aquatica

Kastanias / Philippine chestnut

Castanopsis philippinensis

Katuray / Vegetable hummingbird tree

Sesbania grandiflora

Lagundi / Five-leaf chaste tree

Vitex negundo

Luyang dilaw / Turmeric

Curcuma longa

Mabolo / Velvet apple

Diospyros blancoi

Mais / Corn

Zea mays

Malunggay

Moringa oleifera

manga / mango

Mangifera indica

Mangosteen

Garcinia mangostana

Mulberry / morera

Morus alba

Mustasa / Mustard greens

Brassica juncea

Narra / rosewood

Pterocarpus indicus

Okra

Abelmoschus esculentus

Palay / rice

Oryza sativa

Pandakaki / Milk-flower shrub

Tabernaemontana pandacaqui

Papaya

Carica papaya

Patola / Sponge gourd

Luffa acutangula

Pine tree / agoho

Casuarina equisetifolia

Saging / Banana

Musa acuminata

Sampalok / Tamarind

Tamarindus indica

San francisco / Croton

Codiaeum variegatum

Santan / Jungle flame

Ixora coccinea

Santol / cotton fruit

Sandoricum koetjape

Sigarilyas / Winged bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Sili / Chili pepper

Capsicum frutescens

Sitaw / Yardlong bean

Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis

Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Talong / Eggplant

Solanum melongena

Tubo / Sugarcane

Saccharum officinarum

Upo / Bottle gourd

Lagenaria siceraria

Rubber plant

Ficus elastica

Caladium

Caladium bicolor