Botong (Barringtonia Asiatica)

A large-leafed tree that is similar to the Talisay in appearance, but has large, aromatic flowers, with long pink-tipped filaments that are beautiful and highly attractive in bloom. Compared to the Talisay, its bark is smoother, its configuration is less angular, and is tidier looking as it does not shed its leaves as much. The large fruits are smaller than coconuts, rounded and cubish at one end and pointed towards the other. Fruits are easy to germinate and seedlings easy to transplant. The Botonghas been observed also to grow inland, along streams.

photo source: http//moorea.berkeley.edu/flora/photos/barringtonia_asiatica.jpg

Caballero or Flame Tree (Delonix Regia)

This specie has beautiful fiery-red-orange flowers that cover the entire crown of the tree during the summer months (as seen in the University campuses in Metro Manila like the Ateneo and the U.P. and along the Pangasinan highways on route to Baguio). Among the largest Caballeros along the coast can be seen in the sea-side hills of Culion island in Palawan.  

Madre de Cacao or Kakawate (GliricidiaSepium)

A good medium sized buffer tree, grows easily in sandy, moderately wind blown areas and can be propagated easily by directly planting cuttings from branches.

Sampaloc (Tamarindus Indica)

Grows to a towering 20-30 meters and makes for a beautiful shade tree: cool, light and breezy. Makes for comfortable picnic areas by the beach.

Pagatpat (Sonneratia Alba)

With roundish (obviate), blue-green leaves, the Pagatpat is a tall beautiful foreshore tree (i.e. it grows in areas of the beach that take in shallow, knee to waist high waters at high tide but are completely drained at low tide.) It is known to attract colonies of fireflies. It is ideal for areas with sandy-coraline coastal planes. These also grow well in ventral areas of reverted ponds alongside Avicennia Marina.

photo source: http://student.vub.ac.be/~dagillik/mangrove/images/key-images/s_alba_FR2.jpg