3. Family :ARACEAE
Common name: Badiang
Scientific Name: Alocasia micholitziana Sander
Habitat:
In primary and secondary forest and roadsides at ea. 1200-1500 m
altitude. This species is said to be common and widespread, and
presumably occurs over a somewhat wider altitudinal range than the
limited available data indicate.
Distribution:
Endemic to
Luzon.
5. Family :ASPLENIACEAE
Common name: Birdnest fern/ Pugad-lawin
Scientific Name: Asplenium nidus L.
Habitat:
Asplenium nidus can survive either as an epiphytal, or terrestrial plant, but typically grows on organic matter.
This fern often lives in palm trees or bromeliads, where it collects water and humus in its leaf rosette.It thrives
in warm, humid areas in partial to full shade.
Distribution:
Mainly in the
Old World
tropics.
Localities:
Almost
everywhere
where there
are old trees.
6.
7. Family :BEGONIACEAE
Common name: Begonia
Scientific Name: Begonia oxysperma A.DC.
They are perennial herbs, some climbing, with succulent stems and thick rhizomes or tubers;
some species are shrubs. The leaves are usually simple (i.e., single-bladed) but may be compound
(composed of several leaflets); they are commonly asymmetrical, with one side much larger than
the other. There are paired leafy stipules at the base.
