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Family Poaceae
Common name: Sugar cane (English), Tubo (Filipino)
Local name: Tubo (Tau-buid Mangyan)
Indication: Appetite stimulant
Plant part used: Stem
Method of Preparation: Get any amount of the stem and scrape the bark.
Direction for use: Feed the children with any amount of extract from sugar cane's stem everyday.
Additional information:
Informant: Timna Liblibod
Place gathered: Sitio Safa, Barangay Sabang, Oriental Mindoro
Gathered by / Date gathered: Dando LRA, Dando SH
Abstracted by: Dando LRA, Dando SH
Date abstracted: 23/07/2013
Province: Oriental Mindoro (Tribe Tau-Buid)

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