| Musa paradisiaca?L., M. sapientum L., M.?_?paradisiaca?L. |
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- 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