Blumeodendron is a genus of dioecious trees of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1873. It is widespread across much of Southeast Asia and Papuasia.
Melastoma is a genus in the family Melastomataceae. It has over 100 species distributed around Southeast Asia, India, north to Japan, south to Australia and the Pacific Islands. The number of species should probably be reduced according to some sources. Many species have been planted around the world for the aesthetic value of their bright purple flowers.
Dracula is a 1931 American horror film directed by George Melford. The film is based on both the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker and the play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. The film is about Renfield, who travels to Translyvania to visit Count Dracula. He is drugged by the Count and becomes his minion. The two travel to England, where Dracula begins to seduce Lucy Westenra as she becomes his first victim. This leads to Professor Van Helsing to investigate, who confirms that Count Dracula is a vampire.
Pothos is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Kibatalia is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Apocynaceae, tribe Malouetieae, first described as a genus in 1826. It was initially called Hasseltia, but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym. So Kibatalia was chosen as a replacement name. Kibatalia is native to China and Southeast Asia.
- Kibatalia arborea(Blume) G.Don – Thailand, Philippines, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi
- Kibatalia blancoi(Rolfe ex Stapf) Merr. – Philippines
- Kibatalia borneensis(Stapf) Merr. – Sarawak
- Kibatalia elmeriWoodson – Luzon
- Kibatalia gitingensis(Elmer) Woodson – Philippines
- Kibatalia laurifolia(Ridl.) Woodson – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, W Malaysia
- Kibatalia longifoliaMerr. – Mindanao
- Kibatalia macgregori(Elmer) Woodson – Sibuyan
- Kibatalia macrophylla(Pierre ex Hua) Woodson – Yunnan, Indochina
- Kibatalia maingayi(Hook.f.) Woodson – Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Mindanao
- Kibatalia merrillianaWoodson – Leyte, Samar
- Kibatalia puberulaMerr. – Samar in Philippines
- Kibatalia stenopetalaMerr. – Luzon, Dinagat, Mindanao
- Kibatalia villosaRudjiman – W Malaysia, Borneo
- Kibatalia wigmani(Koord.) Merr. – Sulawesi
- Kibatalia africana(Benth.) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
- Kibatalia elastica(Preuss) Merr. = Funtumia elastica(Preuss) Stapf
- Kibatalia latifolia(Stapf) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
- Kibatalia scheffieri(K.Schum.) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
- Kibatalia zenkeri(K.Schum.) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
Xanthostemon is a genus of trees and shrubs, constituting part of the myrtle plant family Myrtaceae. This genus was first described in 1857 by German–Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. According to different official sources between 46 and 51 species are known to science. They grow naturally in New Caledonia, Australia, the Solomon Islands and Malesia, including the Philippines, New Guinea and Indonesia. The genera Pleurocalyptus and Purpureostemon from New Caledonia are morphologically close to Xanthostemon.
Planchonia is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus in 1851. It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia.
- Planchonia brevistipitataKuswata – Sabah
- Planchonia careya (F.Muell.) R.Knuth – cockatoo apple, cocky apple or billygoat plum – New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia
- Planchonia grandisRidl. – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
- Planchonia papuanaR.Knuth – New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Aru
- Planchonia rupestris R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett – Western Australia
- Planchonia spectabilisMerr. – Luzon, Mindanao
- Planchonia timorensis Blume – Timor
- Planchonia valida(Blume) Blume – Andaman & Nicobar, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Java
Strongylodon is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The most well-known species of this genus is Strongylodon macrobotrys, also known as jade vine.
Antherostele is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Diploknema is a genus of plant in the Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1884.
Diplospora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and subtropical Asia.
Vanoverberghia is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae, named after Morice Vanoverbergh (1885–1982), a Catholic missionary priest who lived in the Philippines and was also an anthropologist and a linguist.
Callicarpa (beautyberry) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Lamiaceae. They are native to east and southeast Asia, Australia, Madagascar, southeast North America and South America.
Disporopsis is a genus of plants in the Asparagaceae. It is native to China, Indochina and the Philippines.
- Disporopsis aspersa(Hua) Engl. ex Diels - Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
- Disporopsis bakerorumFloden, Yunnan
- Disporopsis bodinieri(H.Lév.) Floden China to N. Vietnam
- Disporopsis fuscopictaHance - Philippines, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
- Disporopsis jinfushanensisZ.Y.Liu - Sichuan
- Disporopsis longifoliaCraib - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangxi, Yunnan
- Disporopsis luzoniensis(Merr.) J.M.H.Shaw - Luzon
- Disporopsis pernyi(Hua) Diels - Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
- Disporopsis undulataTamura & Ogisu - Sichuan
- Disporopsis yuiFloden China (Yunnan) to N. Myanmar.
Dischidiopsis is a genus of plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1904. One species (D. papuana) is native to New Guinea, while all the others endemic to the Philippines.
Streptocaulon is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1834. It is native to India, China and Southeast Asia.
Estrellados is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Salvador de Alberich and Edward Sedgwick, and written by Salvador de Alberich, Paul Dickey and Richard Schayer. The film stars Buster Keaton, Raquel Torres, Don Alvarado, María Calvo, Juan de Homs and Carlos Villarías.
Alocasia heterophylla is a plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, and Polillo in the Philippines.
Omphalea malayana is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo (Sarawak) and the Philippines (Luzon). It was first described by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1916.
