Herbolario v1 presents a comprehensive FAIR database focusing on the diversity and distribution of ethnomedicinal plants used by 35 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines. The database includes 33 metadata for 13, 402 interaction records of ethnolinguistic groups of 796 plant (and algae) species from 160 families and 68 orders. We curated all the georeferenced species occurrences, including the ethnolinguistic groups, using it and the types of disease it is being used for; this information was made available through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).