Common names: African oil palm. Large, solitary, erect palm, to 20m tall. Trunk is surrounded by persistent petiole bases in the upper portion. Leaves are numerous, large, long petioled, terminal, abruptly and obliquely sharp pointed. Each tree bares flowers of both sexes but has separate flower stalks. The male flowers appear in thick, finger-like stalks. Fruit is often irregular to 5cm in diameter, red, with fleshy and oily endocarp; the seed has 3 pores above the middle. Native to tropical South America. Grown in the Philippines mainly as an ornamental plant. Thrives in best sun. Propagated by seeds. Generic name in Greek means olive.
Eucalyptus tereticornis
Common names: Red gum, blue gum or gray gum tree. Medium sized tree with flaking bark. Leaves are opposite, broad lanceolate, or falcate, to 25cm long. Flowers are short stalked, white, to 2cm across. Planted in Baguio City and Metro Manila but not wide spread.