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Family Uncollected
Common name:
Local name: Danglong (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: To ease child birth
Plant part used: Leaves
Method of Preparation: Poultice: Get enough leaves and pound.
Direction for use: Massage in the stomach from the side into the middle and apply also on the butt.
Additional information: The slippery texture is like that of okra. Bears small white fruit and has small leaves.
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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