Tangid

"Galvez-Tan revealed that plant researchers all over the world consider the Philippines as a hotspot of biodiversity. He added that certain species of plants found here hold more disease-fighting potential than others found in the top two countries (Brazil and Indonesia). The French travel all the way to the Philippines to acquire our local variety of Ilang-ilang even if there is Ilang-ilang in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. They chose ours because they know that the most potent is the Philippine variety. Christian Dior (the perfume maker) gets only the Philippine species of Ilang-ilang."

Source: http://business.inquirer.net/money/features/view/20101001-295436/RP-a-superpower-in-natural-medicines

Note: Dr. Jaime Galvez Tan, former Department of Health secretary, coauthored the book Medicinal Fruits and Vegetables with Ma. Rebecca Marana Galvez Tan.

With the mention of the Philippine native Ylang-ylang as the most fragrant of its kind in the ylang-ylang world, I can't help but to be proud that there are still standing Tangid trees in our farms and forest.

Tangid is our own Ylang-ylang native.

Photograph by Alma P. Gamil
Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines







Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines