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Family Boraginaceae
Common name: Trompang elepante (Filipino), Indian turnsole (English), Indian heliotrope (English)
Local name: Makabra (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Headache
Plant part used: Leaves
Method of Preparation: Get enough quantity of the leaves and singe on fire.
Direction for use: Patch the leaves and secure by binding the leaves with cloth until headache subsides.
Additional information: Foul odor.
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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