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Family Unidentified
Common name:
Local name: Tangan-tangan (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: For preserving chastity
Plant part used: Roots
Method of Preparation: Get small roots of tangan-tangan, cut into smaller pieces.
Direction for use: Put it under the bed or stomach. Even if someone attempts to insert his penis it will come out immediately.
Additional information: Bears tiny white candle like fruit.
Informant: Barrios Gawid
Place gathered: Sitio Dangkalan, Barangay San Roque, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro
Gathered by / Date gathered: 2012
Abstracted by: Dando LR, Goco RM
Date abstracted: 2013-01-10
Province: Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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