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Family Uncollected
Common name:
Local name: Tubalabang (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Boil
Plant part used: Bark, leaves, or roots
Method of Preparation: Poultice: Get enough part/s of tubalabang depending on the size of the boil then pound.
Direction for use: Patch or apply the poultice directly to the affected area and change when necessary or the poultice is already dry.
Additional information: Height is around 3ft, Bark: Black to brownish bark. Fruit: (+) Yellow round fruit.
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: 2013-01-10
Province: Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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