The Philippines is among the severely deforested countries in the tropics and in Southeast Asia. Deforestation resulted to the massive loss of species including aggravated environmental-related disasters and calamities. Recent government program aimed to reforest degraded lands had been initiated through the "National Greening Program" thus the need to identify potential indigenous and endemic species to be used for forest restorationand/or reforestation was recognized. Using the "framework species approach" (FSA), this study was conducted to determine potential candidate species. Sampling method involves