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A giant sampaloc (Tamarindus indica or tamarind tree) once grew in the garden of a selfish, stingy old woman. One day, an old man begged for some tamarind fruit as a cure for his ailing grandson. Instead of helping him, the old woman set her ferocious dogs upon him to drive him away. The old man was badly hurt.
Poverty incidence of Sampaloc 5 10 15 20 2006 18.70 2009 11.94 2012 15.17 2015 11.37 2018 12.56 2021 13.64 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Government Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan Municipal Mayor: Noel Angelo T. Devanadera Municipal Vice Mayor: Kenneth Nantes. Councilors Andrew Anareta Teresita Vileno Mayleen Dayo Ric Dejelo Miriam Dayo Karl Tores Noel Casareo Jan ...
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is indigenous to tropical Africa and naturalized in Asia. [6] The genus Tamarindus is monotypic , meaning that it contains only this species.
Poverty incidence of Lingayen 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 24.00 2009 18.32 2012 9.40 2015 10.61 2018 8.58 2021 15.65 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Agriculture, livestock and fishing are the major industries of the town. Major crops include rice, corn, tomato, mongo, watermelon, and vegetables. Livestock rising are predominant in the southern barangays where vast, long stretch of pasture ...
When the Philippines gained independence in 1948, the nursery was turned over to the university by the U.S. government and the arboretum was established. The administration of the arboretum was officially transferred to the University of the Philippines Diliman from the Reforestation Administration of the Department of Agriculture in 1962. [2]
Pithecellobium dulce, commonly known as Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, monkeypod tree or camachile, [4] [5] is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacific Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. [3]
The Maulawin Spring Protected Landscape is a protected landscape area of forested hills and several rivers and streams located in the province of Quezon on southern Luzon island in the Philippines. It was originally created in 1939 to protect the watershed in the municipality of Guinayangan known as the Maulawin Spring Watershed Forest Reserve ...
The Buenavista Protected Landscape is a conservation area and an archaeological site located on Bondoc Peninsula in the southern Luzon province of Quezon in the Philippines. It conserves an important watershed area composed of secondary-growth forest, grassland and coconut land in the rural village of Buenavista within the coastal municipality ...