| Family |
Musaceae |
| Common name: |
Sweet plantain (English), Saba or Cardaba (Filipino) |
| Local name: |
Manaba (Tagabawa), Cardaba or Carnaba (Bisaya) |
| Indication: |
For grabe na menit e lawa (Tagabawa), kalintura na grabe (Bisaya) |
| Plant part used: |
Inner, white portion of the cardava fruit |
| Method of Preparation: |
Poultice- Get the white part of the carnava then pound it until totally minced then wrap it with young banana leaf. |
| Direction for use: |
Apply the pounded fruit wrapped in a banana leaf on different heat points of the febrile patients, e.g. the forehead, armpits, neck, etc. |
| Additional information: |
Grabe na menit e lawa refers to febrile convulsion. |
| Informant: |
Nixon Abe-(tarabawian) |
| Place gathered: |
Davao del Sur, Sta. Cruz, Barangay Sibulan, Sitio Baruring |
| Gathered by / Date gathered: |
08/02/2013 |
| Abstracted by: |
Cabero JD |
| Date abstracted: |
05/02/2014 |
| Province: |
Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo |
