| Family |
1 Musaceae 2 Uncollected |
| Common name: |
1 Sweet plantain (English), Saba or Cardaba (Filipino) 2 Not provided |
| Local name: |
1 Manaba (Tagabawa), Cardaba or Carnaba (Bisaya), 2 Pakal (Tagabawa) |
| Indication: |
For menit e lawa (Tagabawa), kalintura (Bisaya) |
| Plant part used: |
Inner, white portion of the cardava fruit |
| Method of Preparation: |
Poultice-Prepare 1 cardava fruit and get the inner white portion of the fruit. |
| Direction for use: |
Place the white portion of the cardava fruit on the forehead of the patient then secure it using a piece of clean cloth. |
| Additional information: |
Menit e lawa refers to fever. One of the reasons of fever is sibanlo. It happens when a person laughs/insults/mocks on one's (animal and human beings) deformities |
| Informant: |
Onto Werno is the Sitio leader of Tudaya |
| Place gathered: |
Davao del Sur, Sta. Cruz, Barangay Sibulan, Sitio Tudaya |
| Gathered by / Date gathered: |
08/02/2013 |
| Abstracted by: |
Cabero JD |
| Date abstracted: |
05/02/2014 |
| Province: |
Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo |
