A slender shrub up to 4 meters high, branches; slender, brownish, leaves; thin, opposite, borne in a slender petiole, ob-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, flowers; yellow, small, loosely diffused, in terminal racemes, slender pedicel, carpels; small. Occasionally cultivated for ornamental purposes throughout the Philippines and the tropics,flowers all year. A native of tropical America.
Gardenia jasminoides
Locally known as Rosal. Known in various taxonomic names such as; Gardenia florida, G. grandiflora, G. jasminoides. Erect shrubs or trees, with very tender branches and thick foliage, leaves; opposite, elliptic-ovate, glossy, dark green, narrows as it reach both ends, petioled, flowers; petals are whorled and densely overlapping, often double cultivars, white but turns yellow as it aged, showy, intense fragrance, axillary sometimes terminal, solitary or sometimes in group or bundle, borne in a funnel shaped, winged calyx, fruit; ovoid, multi-seeded, fleshy. Commonly cultivated in flower gardens, flowers from June to December. Distributed throughout the tropics and the subtropics.
Gardenia philastrei
A shrub or small tree, sometimes armed with spines, leaves; ob-lanceolate, short petiole, dull surface, crowded, closely opposite, lightly whorled, flowers; large, showy, single layered slightly overlapping, with mild fragrance, white to cream, axillary sometimes terminal, solitary sometimes in pairs or bundles.
Gomphrena globosa
An erect, slender, branched annual, branch nodes are thickened often purplish, leaves; borne in a prominent green petiole tinged with violet, oblong to ob-lanceolate, light green, up to 7 inches long, commonly opposite sometimes alternate, flowers; violet, striking, numerous, densely crowded in a common globose head, solitary, held by 2 leafy bracts borne in a long slender green peduncle. Commonly cultivated for ornamental purposes, flowers all year. Native of tropical America, now wild.
Graptophyllum pictum
A woody perennial with slender branches growing up to 3 meters high, leaves; opposite, glossy, narrows as it reach both ends, ob-lanceolate, acute, green with scattered yellow coloration in the midrid region, petiole is sometimes tinged with orange, wavy margins, flower; varies from white to orange to red. Oftenly cultivated for ornamental purposes. Distributed throughout the Philippines and the tropics.
Guzmania musaica
This plant is a terrestrial stemless bromeliad, with stiff leaves that are light green with dark green transverse lines above and purple lines underneath. The inflorescence is headlike, with golden yellow bracts that have rose stripes. It is a native of Columbia and recently introduced to the Philippines.