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 BUNGA DE CHINA
(Areca catechu)

– Areca catechu is the areca palm or areca

nut palm, (Malay: Pinang), a species of
palm which grows in much of the tropical
Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa.

– This palm is often erroneously called the

betel tree because its fruit, the areca nut,
is always chewed along with the betel
leaf, a leaf from a vine of the Piperaceae
family.
 BUNGA DE CHINA
(Areca catechu)

– It is a medium-sized and graceful palm

tree growing straight to 20 m tall, with a
trunk 10-15cm in diameter.

– The leaves are 1.5-2 m long, pinnate, with

numerous, crowded leaflets. It is also
known as Puga in Sanskrit, Supari in
Marathi.
 BUNGA DE CHINA
(Areca catechu)

– The Areca palm is also used as an interior

landscaping species. It is often used in large
indoor areas such as malls and hotels. It
won't fruit or reach full size. Indoors it is a
slow growing, low water, high light plant that
is sensitive to spider mite and occasionally
mealybug. The areca nut is also popular for
chewing throughout some Asian countries
such as Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippine,
Malaysia, and India. Chewing areca nut is
quite popular among working classes in
Taiwan. The nut itself can be addictive and
has direct link to mouth cancers. Areca nut in
Taiwan will usually contain artificial additives
such as limestone powder.
 Balete tree
•Glabrous spreading tree, up to 8 meters
high, with numerous adventitious roots
from the trunk and branches.

•Leaves are large and smooth, leathery

and shiny, slenderly acuminate and
entirem with prominent midribs. The
stipules are usually red, often as long as
the leaves.
 Balete tree
•Introduced, but now pantropic in cultivation.
Popularly planted as a roadside tree.

•Parts utilized: Rootlets and Bark

•Of the ficus plants tested, the rubber plant is

the best for removing chemical toxins from the
indoor environment, especially formaldehyde.
 DAPDAP
– Dapdap is found along the seashore, and
is frequently planted inland throughout
the Philippines. It also occurs in India to
Polynesia.

– A deciduous tree reaching a height of 15

m, the branches and the branchlets stout
and armed with short, few to many sharp
prickles.
 DAPDAP
– Leaves: leaflets broadly ovate and 8 to 18 cm long,
with pointed tip and broad base.
– Flowers: calyx about 4 cm long and minutely
Toothed at the tip, the mouth being very oblique.
Petals brightly red and shorter than the calyx, the
standard being 7 to 9 cm long and the wings and
keels subequal. Stamens 10, upper filaments free
nearly to the base or more or less connate with
others. Ovary many-ovuled, style incurved.
Racemes terminal, hairy, dense and up to 2.5 cm
long. Papilionaceous flowers large and numerous.
– Fruits: pods, 10 to 25 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm in
diameter and distinctly constricted between the
seeds.
 ILANG -ILANG
– Cananga odorata forma genuina , is a small flower
of the cananga tree. It is a fast-growing tree that
exceeds 5 meters per year and attains an average
height of 12 meters.
– It grows in full or partial sun, and prefers the acidic
soils of its native rainforest habitat. The leaves are
long, smooth and glossy.
– The flower is greenish yellow (rarely pink), curly
like a sea star, and yields a highly fragrant essential
oil.
 ILANG -ILANG
– tree of the custard apple family, native to
southern India, Java, Malaysia, the Philippines,
and other Pacific islands.

– evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-

yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely
grown in the tropics as an ornamental
 MC ARTHUR PALM
– A most elegant clumping, slender feather-
leaved palm native to Northern
Queensland which thrives. Outdoors
plants need free draining, humus rich soil
and plenty of water in dry periods.
– Macarthur Palms grow in a variety of sun
and shade conditions.
 MC ARTHUR PALM
Height: 15-25 feet (4.5-7.6 meters)
Spread: 6-10 feet (1.8-3.0 meters)
Leaf: 8-12 inches (20-30 cm)
Range: Not native to North America
(USDA Hardiness Zones 10B through
11- extreme southern Florida; and
extreme southern California.)
 PALOSANTO
(Bulnesia sarmientoi)

– Bulnesia sarmientoi is a tree that inhabits a

part of the Gran Chaco area in South America,
around the Argentina-Bolivia-Paraguay
border.

– Its common name is palo santo (Spanish,

"holy wood"); in some places it is called
ibiocaí, and in the trade also known as vera or
verawood. It may also appear named as
Paraguay lignum vitae, since it has properties
and uses similar to the lignum vitae trees of
genus Guaiacum.
 PALOSANTO
(Bulnesia sarmientoi)

– Bulnesia sarmientoi heartwood is brown,

black, and green (varying in color from light
olive green to chocolate brown), with streaks.
The sapwood is mostly thin and light yellow.
The basic specific gravity of this wood is
between 0.92 and 1.1 g/cm³.
– Palo santo is employed for engraving work
and for the making of durable wooden posts.
From its wood, also, a type of oil known as oil
of guaiac (or guayacol) is produced, to be
used as an ingredient for perfumes. Its resin
can be obtained by means of organic
solvents, and is employed to make varnishes
and dark paints.