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Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni Print

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Family Sapotaceae
Common name: Chesa (English), Egg fruit tree (English), Tiesa (Filipino)
Local name: Chesa (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Vomiting and yellowish stool
Plant part used: Bark or roots
Method of Preparation: Decoction: Gather enough bark or roots then boil.
Direction for use: Drink the decoction as often as desired.
Additional information: It has a fruit like pear which is soft and color yellow.
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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