Acacia

Acacia sp.

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Mined site

🍎 Fruiting season: Produces fruit year-round

Image description: (Left) Tree of Acacia sp.; (Right) Yellow flowers of A. confusa

Agoho

Casuarina equisetifolia

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Mined site

🍎 Fruiting season: Produces fruit year-round

Additional Notes:

• Produces cone-like fruits whose seeds are consumed by birds 

Image description: (Left) Adult Agoho tree; (Right) Cone-like fruit produced by Agoho 

Apitong

Dipterocarpus grandiflorus

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Forested

🍎 Fruiting season: Fruits around June-July

Additional Notes:

• Fruit (nut) consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Adult Apitong tree; (Right) Winged Seed of the Apitong

Balete

Ficus sp.

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Forested and mined site

🍎 Fruiting season: Many species produce fruits year-long at varying abundances

Additional Notes:

• Balete is a Filipino name used to refer to multiple Ficus species such as F. balete and F. philippensis

Image description: (Left) Adult F. balete tree ; (Right) F. variegata fruits

Bayabas (Guava)

Psidium guajava

🍀 Plant Type: Tree, shrub

📍 Range: Resident (introduced)

🔍 Occurrence: Mined site

🍎 Fruiting season: In the Philippines, primary fruiting season occurs during August to September while secondary fruiting season occurs during February to March

Additional Notes:

• Fruits consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Leaves of P. guajava shrub ; (Right) Round fleshy fruit of P. guajava

Kasuy (Cashew)

Anacardium occidentale

🍀 Plant Type: Tree, shrub

📍 Range: Resident (introduced)

🔍 Occurrence: Forested and mined site

🍎 Fruiting season: Mature fruits are abundant in the Philippines from February to late May

Additional Notes:

• Both fleshy fruit part referred to as cashew apples and seed at the bottom are consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) A. occidentale flowering tree ; (Right) A. occidentale fruits

Fire tree

Delonix regia

🍀 Plant Type: Tree 

📍 Range: Resident (introduced)

🔍 Occurrence: Forested

🍎 Fruiting season: Fruiting usually occurs during the rainy season in the Philippines 

Image description: (Left) D. regia inflorescences on branches; (Right) Single bright red D. regia flower

Is-is

Ficus ulmifolia

🍀 Plant Type: Tree (small) or shrub

📍 Range: Philippine endemic

🔍 Occurrence: Mined

Additional Notes:

• Fruits are consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Rough F. ulmifolia leaves; (Right) Small round fruits of F. ulmifolia

Mangga

Mangifera indica

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Forested and mined site

🍎 Fruiting season: Mature fruits are abundant during the summer months of the Philippines from March to June

Additional Notes:

• Green fleshy fruit is consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Fruits of Carabao mango variety; (Right) Fruits of Indian mango variety

Mahogany (Big leaf)

Swietenia macrophylla

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Resident (Introduced)

🔍 Occurrence: Mined

🍎 Fruiting season: Fruits usually ripen between December and February in the Philippines

Additional Notes:

• Seeds consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Rough trunk of adult S. ma; (Right) Red malakatmon seeds in fruit

Malakatmon

Dillenia luzonensis

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Endemic

🔍 Occurrence: Forested 

🍎 Fruiting season: Year-round

Additional Notes:

• Seed consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Malakatmon flower; (Right) Red malakatmon seeds in its pink fruit

Mangium

Acacia mangium

🍀 Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

📍 Range: Resident (Introduced)

🔍 Occurrence: Forested

🍎 Fruiting season: April-June

Additional Notes:

• Seed consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Mangium tree; (Right) Mangium seeds in pods

Molave

Vitex parviflora

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Forested

🍎 Fruiting season: Rainy season (June-November)

Additional Notes:

• Fruit consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Molave tree; (Right) Molave fruit

Narra

Pterocarpus indicus

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Forested

🍎 Fruiting season: February-May

Additional Notes:

• Seed consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Narra tree; (Right) Narra seed

Rubber Tree

Ficus elastica

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Forested

🍎 Fruiting season: February-May

Additional Notes:

• Fruits (fig) consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Rubber tree; (Right) Rubber tree fruit

Santol

Sandoricum koetjape

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Mined

🍎 Fruiting season: June-October

Additional Notes:

• Fruit consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) Santol tree; (Right) Santol fruit

Talisay

Terminalia catappa

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Native

🔍 Occurrence: Forested and Mined 

🍎 Fruiting season: Usually December-January

Additional Notes:

• Fruits are consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) T. catappa tree trunk and branches; (Right) Aggregated leaves of T. catappa 

Tanguile

Shorea polysperma

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Endemic

🔍 Occurrence: Forested

🍎 Fruiting season: June-August

Image description: (Left) Tanguile tree; (Right) Tanguile inflorescence

Wild lime

Zanthoxylum sp.

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Resident (Introduced)

🔍 Occurrence: Mined

🍎 Fruiting season: June-October

Additional Notes:

• Fruit consumed by birds

• When mature, plant has dense foliage that provides great cover 

Image description: (Left) Z. rhetsa tree; (Right) Zanthoxylum fruit

Yakal

Shorea astylosa

🍀 Plant Type: Tree

📍 Range: Philippine Endemic

🔍 Occurrence: Forested 

🍎 Fruiting season: Species-specific fruiting season still unknown but most Philippine Dipterocarps (family: Dipterocarpaceae) fruit from June to November

Additional Notes:

• Fruits are consumed by birds

Image description: (Left) S. astylosa tree ; (Right) S. astylosa leaves