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Family Euphorbiaceae
Common name: Tubang-bakod (Filipino), Physic nut tree (English)
Local name: Kasla (Hanunuo Mangyan), Tuba-tuba (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Headache
Plant part used: Leaves
Method of Preparation: Get 7 pieces of leaves.
Direction for use: Patch the leaves on the forehead and change when it is already dry.
Additional information: At most 10ft. tall, Fruit: (+) round green poisonous fruit, the fruit when burned becomes poisonous to chicken.
Informant: FGD
Place gathered: Sitio Balugo, Barangay Budburan, Oriental Mindoro
Gathered by / Date gathered: 2012
Abstracted by: Dando LR, Goco RM
Date abstracted: 2013-01-22
Province: Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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