tongkat aliEurycoma longifolia
Rarely found, harvest takes roots or bark, its habitat is under pressure
Which wild medicinal plants need attention first?
Many of the Philippines' healing plants are still gathered from the wild. This atlas shows which are most at risk, where they grow, and why, so that harvesters, rangers and researchers know where to look first.
- Need attention now
- 5
- Keep watch
- 4
- Plants ranked
- 29
Plants that need attention now
On every check we ran, these 5 come out near the top. Open one to see why, and where it grows.
How we decide
Each plant is judged on three things. A plant that does badly on all three rises to the top.
Fig. 1 Rarity
Rarity
How seldom it turns up where botanists have looked, and how small its native range is.
Fig. 2 Harvest
Harvest harm
Whether harvesting takes roots, bark or the whole plant, from a slow-growing plant taken from the wild.
Fig. 3 Habitat
Habitat pressure
Whether the places it grows are unprotected, in provinces losing forest.
Climate change is shown on every plant's page but does not change the order: the warming expected by 2050 is about the same, +1.5 °C, everywhere these plants grow. How it works
From the map to the field
Four steps, whether you are planning a survey or deciding what to gather.
Find a plant
Search by its Filipino or scientific name.
See where it grows
The atlas shows the areas it was recorded in, and which are protected.
Open the atlasUnderstand why
Each plant's page explains its rank in plain words, with every source.
See tongkat aliTake a field brief
A one-page summary to print or share with your team.
Example brief
Read this first
A guide to priorities, not a verdict
No dataset records how much of any plant is harvested. The atlas ranks plants on what can be measured, and shows how sure each rank is.
Not a Red List
Whether a species is threatened with extinction is decided by the IUCN and DENR. Their categories are shown where they exist and never invented.
No exact locations
Places are shown as areas of about 250 km² or more, so rare plants are not easier to find and take.
Not medical advice
Traditional uses are cultural context only.