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Family Unidentified
Common name:
Local name: Abay (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Scabies
Plant part used: Leaves
Method of Preparation: Poultice: Get enough leaves depending on the size of the affected area and crush by hand.
Direction for use: Patch on the affected part, 3 times a day until the condition is resolved.
Additional information: No overdose, the juice is red; the trunk is used in making boats.
Informant: Tipon bago
Place gathered: Sitio Dangkalan, Barangay San Roque, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro
Gathered by / Date gathered: 2012
Abstracted by: Dando LR, Goco RM
Date abstracted: 2013-01-12
Province: Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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