BANANA

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- its fruits serve as food, leaves are used for plates, homemade umbrellas, and thatching (roofing), and pseudostems are made into rafts and benches - fibers obtained from the pseudostems are used for fishing line in West Africa, fabric in the Philippines and paper in India

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- combats soil erosion on steep hills and preserves long-term fertility of the soil - its canopy also provides protection for other crops that are often inter-cropped with it.

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ANAHAW
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- widely used for roofing - products derived from anahaw include braided fans from raffias, mature leaves for thatching materials and young plants for decorative purposes.

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- nutrient balance in the ecosystem - ecological hotspots

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BALETE/BANAYAN
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- extensively used for creating Bonsai - considered sacred in India, and often shelters a little or larger temple underneath, but is offered worship on its own

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- figs are eaten by birds and mammals - fig seeds are dispersed by birds and studies have shown that seeds that pass through the digestive system of the bird are more likely to germinate as well as sprout earlier

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PANDAN
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used for handicrafts - used in Southeast Asia cooking to add a distinct aroma to rice and curry dishes - used to flavor drinks and desserts - provide materials for housing, clothing and textiles - medicinal

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- improves planting stock production in reforestation, agroforestry, and coastal rehabilitation

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BUNTOT-TIGRE
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used as herbal medicine - used for textiles - source of fiber - for ornamentation and feng shui purposes ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE - for air purification

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ATIS
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- bark, leaves and roots of some species are used in folk medicines - edible fruit

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- a hardly drought-resistant crop - responds very well to supplementary irrigation - prolonged life during flowering season

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EUPHORBIA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- widely known and bought as an ornamental plant

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BOUGAINVILLEA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used as a houseplant or hanging basket

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- makes an excellent hot season plant, and its drought tolerant characteristic makes bougainvillea ideal for warm climates year-round - has high salt tolerance, making it a natural choice for color on coastal regions

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SANTAN
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- tolerates hard pruning, making it ideal for formal hedges - roots and leaves are used as medicine for fever, gonorrhea, anorexia, diarrhea, ulcers and skin diseases

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JACKFRUIT
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- food - jackwood is an important timber widely used in manufacturing musical instruments, furniture, doors, windows and roof constructions - the bark is made into cloth - used as medicinal plant - fruit is useful in overcoming the influence of alcohol on a persons body system

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- seed dispersion

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FORTUNE PLANT
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- for ornamentation

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- can grow even in full shade - takes 25 years for the plant to have flowers and will flower only every 5 years after

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F ER N
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- for ornamentation - are used for food, including the fiddleheads of bracken - biological fertilizer

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- remediates contaminated soil - prevents soil erosion

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ALOE VERA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- medicinal plant - widely used on facial tissues, where it is promoted as a moisturizer

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- leaves contain phytochemicals under study for possible bioactivity

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BIRDS OF PARADISE
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- for ornamentation

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SANTOL
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- fruits are edible

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- seed dispersion

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MALUNGGAY
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- leaves are eaten as a vegetable - used for medicine

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YELLOW BELL
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- for ornamentation

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MAHOGANY
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used us lumbers to make furniture and houses - its timber is the main source of the world's current supply of "genuine mahogany", due to cultivation and trade of it in its native locations - its fruit concentrate is sold as a natural remedy that is said to improve blood circulation and skin. It is also said to have Viagra-like qualities regarding erectile dysfunction

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- serves as swamp

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FICUS RELIGIOSA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used in lumber industry

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- important in pollination

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FI C U S M I C R O C A R P A
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used in lumber industry - an ornamental tree for planting in gardens, parks, and in containers as an indoor plant and bonsai specimen

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- important in pollination - flood control

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EUCALYPTUS
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used in wood industry - source of fuel

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- important vegetation of dry lands

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MANGIFERA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- source of tropical fruits

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- waste from the food-processing industry such as fruit peelings and seeds have been tested as an innovative way to produce biogas

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OCHNA SERRULATA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- source of biogas fuel

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- important in dispersal and pollination

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TERMINALIA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- anti-cancer promoter - source of wood - used for asthma, bile duct disorders, scorpion stings, and poisonings - used for high cholesterol and digestive disorders, including both diarrhea and constipation, and indigestion

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- erosion control - improves water quality

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THEVETIA PERUVIANA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used as biological pest control - for ornamentation - contains a milky sap containing thevetin used as a heart stimulant but in its natural form is extremely poisonous, as are all parts of the plants

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- drought tolerant - plant's toxins have tested in experiments for uses in biological pest control - seed oil was used to make a 'paint' with antifungal, antibacterial and anti-termite properties

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NARRA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- recommended as an ornamental avenue tree - reddish hard wood is an excellent timber in southern Asia - the red latex is used in folk remedies for tumors, the plant for cancers, especially of the mouth

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- flood control

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CANANGA ODORATA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- oil production - aromatherapy - believed to relieve high blood pressure, normalize sebum secretion for skin problems - the oil from ylang-ylang is widely used in perfumery for oriental or floral themed perfumes

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BAUHINIA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used in ornamentation - has medicinal value - may possess antibacterial, antidiabetic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrheal, anticancerous, nephroprotective, and thyroid hormone-regulating activity

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JASMINUM SAMBAC
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- field crop - source of essential oils

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DELONIX REGIA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- source of medicine - large pods as well as the wood are used for fuel - hard, elongated seeds are occasionally used as beads - for shade and ornamentation

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- flowers are reputed to produce bee forage - beetles and larvae of Poecilips sierralemensis bore into the pods to release the seeds

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POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- source of microbicides and pesticides - the trunk and the bark are used in manufacturing of fiber

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- used in bioremediation of urban environmental pollution

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PSEUDERANTHEMUM
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used in ornamentation

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- component of agricultural systems

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M A CA R TH U R P A L M
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- suitable in parks and gardens as an ornamental specimen or grown en masse, along sidewalks, road dividers, highways and byways

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- excellent for landscaping - very adaptable to varying light and planting conditions

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FOXTAIL PALM
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- extensively used for creating Bonsai - considered sacred in India, and often shelters a little or larger temple underneath, but is offered worship on its own

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- figs are eaten by birds and mammals - fig seeds are dispersed by birds and studies have shown that seeds that pass through the digestive system of the bird are more likely to germinate as well as sprout earlier

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TRAVELER'S PALM
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- sometime used as a cut flower for giant arrangements

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- used for landscaping in warm locations - propagated by seed or division

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TABERNAEMONTANA
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- used as additives to some versions of the psychedelic drink Ayahuasca - used in native medicine to treat eye injuries and as an anxiolytic - T. heterophylla is used to treat dementia in the elderly - Conolidine may be developed as a new class of pain-killer

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CYANTHILLIUM CINEREUM
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- seeds yield a fatty oil and are used as an anthelmintic and alexipharmic; they are said to be quite effective against roundworms and threadworms - oil is also given for coughs, flatulence, intestinal colic and dysuria and for leucoderma, psoriasis and other chronic skin-diseases

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DIFFENBACHIA
ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- can grow outdoors in tropical climates, but specimens kept as houseplants must be kept indoors during most of the year outside the tropics - responds well to hot temperatures and dry climates - yellowing of the leaves is generally a sign of problematic conditions, such as a nutrient deficiency in the soil

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A R EC A C A T EC HU
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
- interior landscaping

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
- the extract of Areca catechu has been shown to have antidepressant properties in rodents

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