NIOG-NIOGAN

Ficus pseudopalma Blanco.

Family: Moraceae

Other name: lamiyog (Bis.),  palm leaf fig (Engl.), lubi-lubi (Tag.)

Description: Unbranched shrub growing  5 meters high. Endemic and widely distributed at low altitudes.

Uses: Young leaves are edible. Decoction of leaves is used to treat diabetes, kidney stones and hypertension.