Philippine Cinnamon

This is to share information on the planting protocol of the Philippine cinnamon, as published by DENR. Let’s keep on planting this precious and highly medicinal (and yum!) native tree. Be sure to plant your own Philippine cinnamon at home, as part of your container gardening, or in the ground, at home or in the…

Saang mga lugar sa Pilipinas matatagpuan ang Kalingag (Philippine cinnamon)? (Where in the country does Kalingag -Philippine Cinnamon- exist?) Slides 2-4 of 41. Sharing the presentation of Dr. Jay Picardal, with his permission, during the Philippine-American Academy of Science & Engineering (PAASE) online conference last July 21, 2020. Our urban areas were once forests, too….

We all know that Magellan looked for the Spice Islands (Maluku Islands in Indonesia) in 1519 in search of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg. These spices were as valuable in Europe that time, as oil is valuable globally today. You get rich if you find the source! When Magellan stumbled in the Philippines in 1521 to take…

Many ask if cinnamon is the same as laurel or bay leaf because both are use as spice in cooking Adobo. (kidding aside.) Seriously, it has a lot of difference but both belongs to Lauraceae family. Sharing the basic information on the cinnamon from the presentation of Dr. Jay Picardal at the Philippine-American Academy of…

Do you know why it is very difficult to ID the Phil cinnamon species? It is because the leaves of the same plant can vary in shape (heterophylly), and the leaves of new shoots and mature leaves of the same plant can also vary (heteroblasty). It is doubly difficult because we have very few Phil…

Time well spent with farmer leaders to discuss the Phil cinnamon kaningag project. I’m happy to share that the farmers have agreed to allot a small part of their land for a mini arboretum for the Phil cinnamon species. The mini arboretum will be a project of Plantsville Health and the Integrated Social Forestry (ISF)…

What are the different indigenous Philippine cinnamon species? Sharing the presentation of Dr. Jay Picardal at the Philippine-American Academy of Science & Engineering (PAASE) online conference last July 21, 2020. Slides 4, 18, 20 of 41. Indigenous:1. Cinnamomum (C.) nanophyllum2. C. Perglabrum3. C. Utile4. C. Ebaloi5. C. Myrianthum6. C. Oblongum7. C. Mendozai8. C. Ianaoense9. C….

To all our buyers of Philippine cinnamon seedlings, please remember to keep this plant partly shaded. Here, this is planted in a plastic bucket and positioned by the shade of the binunga, also a Philippine native tree. Be sure to plant your own Philippine cinnamon at home, as part of your container gardening, or in…

Many thanks to DOST TUPV HIVE for funding the trip and to ever committed team Zapphire, Ramon, Cathy, TUPV Greg Crisostomo, PEMO, Negros Occidental Samuel Maja, and cinnamon farmers for their generosity. It was raining heavily the whole day, so it was very slippery. Buwis-buhay ang pagkuha ng pictures at dahon (taking pictures of the…

The Philippine cinnamon kalingag stands tall beside the giant almaciga at 2,000 meters above sea level (MASL) in Negros Occidental. Ganda! Message us for the kalingag seedlings. DOST TUPV HIVE Be sure to plant your own Philippine cinnamon at home, as part of your container gardening, or in the ground, at home or in the…