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Family Unidentified
Common name:
Local name: Niyog niyog (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Intestinal parasitism
Plant part used: Roots
Method of Preparation: Decoction: Get enough size of the roots and boil.
Direction for use: Drink the decoction until the worms come out.
Additional information: No branches, like onion,the width of leaves is approximately 3 inches, leaf has sharp end, bulb is something like onion underground ,decoction taste bitter. Used as paste (kula) to glue e.g. guitar
Informant: Barrios Gawid
Place gathered: Sitio Dangkalan, Barangay San Roque, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro
Gathered by / Date gathered: 2012
Abstracted by: Dando LR, Goco RM
Date abstracted: 2013-03-17
Province: Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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