| Ipomoea?batatas?( L.?)?Poir. |
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- Family:
- Convolvulaceae?
- Common name:
- Sweet potato (English), Kamote (Filipino)
- Local name:
- Kasila (Tagabawa), Kamote (Tagalog, Bisaya)
- Indication:
- Energy-giver for mothers after giving birth
- Plant part used:
- Young leaves or camote tops
- Method of Preparation:
- Gather young leaves about 1 handful.
- Direction for use:
- Prepare/cook the gathered camote tops into a post-partum soup or can be eaten as salad.
- Additional information:
- The loss blood during giving birth is being replaced by the iron-rich camote tops.
- Informant:
- Minda Puro "Nanay Omen"-(mabalian)
- Place gathered:
- Davao del Sur, Sta. Cruz, Barangay Sibulan, Sitio Tudaya
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- 2013-02--07
- Abstracted by:
- Cabero JD
- Date abstracted:
- 05/02/2014
- Province:
- Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo