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Family Piperaceae
Common name: ikmo
Local name: dapun
Indication: To diagnose food poisoning
Plant part used: leaf
Method of Preparation: Get one wide dapun leaf and crush it.
Direction for use: Rub the leaf on the fingernail of the thumb.
Additional information: If the fingernail turns purple or black it means one has been poisoned.
Informant: Basada LC
Place gathered: Samar, Hinabangan, Barangay Bagacay, Taft Watershed
Gathered by / Date gathered: Luceriano RP
Abstracted by: QuitainA
Date abstracted: Mar-14
Province: Samar Island

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