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Family Caricaceae
Common name: Papaw (Tag.); papaya (Tag.)
Local name: Kapayas (Bis.)
Indication: Helps in digestion
Plant part used: Fruits
Method of Preparation: Get 1-2 ripe fruits of kapayas.
Direction for use: Eat the fruits to digest all taken foods that were slowly digested.
Additional information:
Informant: Bienvinido Go-oc Ponce (healer)
Place gathered: Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay San Antonio, Purok Gumamela
Gathered by / Date gathered: Ando JKE, Herlao IAV
Abstracted by: Ando, JKE
Date abstracted: 05/07/2015
Province: Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

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