In the Philippines, banaba is known to be an ornamental plant that is usually propagated in urban parks and along thoroughfares because of its beautiful flowers which are racemes of pink to lavender that are evenly distributed among its branches.
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Philippine Trees, Good Sources For Stringed Musical Instruments
There are about twenty Philippine trees’ species suitable as raw materials for the production of stringed musical instruments. According to the Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI), a good number of Philippine wood species have been tested and found potentially and highly suitable for the manufacture of stringed instruments.