Flora of the Philippines

[2] At the very least, one-third of the more than 9,250 vascular plant species native to the country are endemic.

[4] The families of gingers, begonias, gesneriads, orchids, pandans, palms, and dipterocarps are particularly high in endemic species.

[5] The broad lowland and hill rain forests of the Philippines, which are mostly gone today,[6] were dominated by at least 45 species of dipterocarps.

[7] Other important tree species here include giant figs, which provide food for fruit bats, parrots, and monkeys, and Pterocarpus indicus, which like the dipterocarps, is valued for its timber.

Due to environmental changes, finding new species has become more urgent so the island can have an accurate reading of flora and fauna record.