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Family Fabaceae
Common name: Pudding pipe tree (English), Kanya pistula (English)
Local name: Barayong (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Toothache
Plant part used: Stem without bark
Method of Preparation: Poultice: Get enough stem depending on the size of the affected tooth.
Direction for use: Put the poultice directly on the affected tooth.
Additional information: Tree, used in making \ houses, durable wood, Fruits: (+) yellow flower, Fruit: (+) Green long bitter fruit. In planting, barayong's fruit is planted near other crops so that the other plant's fruit will be long too.
Informant: Ben Bernabe, Aniw Lubag
Place gathered: Sitio Balugo, Barangay Budburan, Oriental Mindoro
Gathered by / Date gathered: 2012
Abstracted by: Dando LR, Goco RM
Date abstracted: 2013-01-23
Province: Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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