This page lists common names of species profiled on PIER by common name in the Iloko language.
Browse this list or use the "find" function on your web browser to search by common name, then use the link provided to access the species information via its scientific name. If we have omitted or misspelled a common name, please contact us at pier@hear.org.
| Common name(s) | Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Primarily a threat
at high elevations? |
| amóras | Chrysopogon zizanioides (Poaceae) | Andropogon zizanioides (L.) Urb.; Phalaris zizanioides L.; Vetiveria zizanoides (L.) Nash | grass | No |
| atákai | Coix lacryma-jobi (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| babain | Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae) | herb | No | |
| balisanga | Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae) | Chlorocyperus rotundus (L.) Palla; Cyperus purpuro-variegatus Boeckeler; Cyperus stoloniferum pallidus Boeckeler; Cyperus tetrastachyos Desf.; Cyperus tuberosus Roxb | sedge | No |
| ballayang | Cyperus difformis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | No | |
| basbasot | Sida acuta (Malvaceae) | herb | No | |
| dukayang | Echinochloa colona (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| galud-galud | Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| kalunai | Amaranthus spinosus (Amaranthaceae) | herb | No | |
| kauntong | Amaranthus dubius (Amaranthaceae) | herb | No | |
| kogon | Imperata cylindrica (Poaceae) | Imperata arundinacea Cyr. | grass | No |
| kolasi | Commelina diffusa (Commelinaceae) | herb | No | |
| kolasi | Murdannia nudiflora (Commelinaceae) | Aneilema nudiflorum (L.) R. Br.; Commelina nudiflora L. | herb | No |
| kulkulasi | Commelina benghalensis (Commelinaceae) | herb | No | |
| lapa-lapa | Monochoria vaginalis (Pontederiaceae) | aquatic herb | No | |
| liddá | Saccharum spontaneum (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| maragatas | Chamaesyce hirta (Euphorbiaceae) | Euphorbia hirta L. | herb | No |
| marasiksik | Oxalis corniculata (Oxalidaceae) | Oxalis repens Thunb. | herb | No |
| ngalug | Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae) | herb | No | |
| panáu | Imperata cylindrica (Poaceae) | Imperata arundinacea Cyr. | grass | No |
| parangis | Eleusine indica (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| pengnga-pengnga | Heliotropium indicum (Boraginaceae) | herb | No | |
| rúno | Miscanthus sinensis (Poaceae) | Eulalia japonica Trin.; Miscanthus boninensis Nakai ex Honda; Miscanthus condensatus Hack.; Miscanthus purpurascens Andersson; Saccharum japonicum Thunb.; Xiphagrostis condensatus (Hack.) W. Wright | grass | No |
| sagisi | Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Poaceae) | Rottboellia exaltata L. f. | grass | No |
| saka-saka | Digitaria sanguinalis (Poaceae) | grass | No |