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Family Taccaceae
Common name: Payung-payungan (Filipino)
Local name: Tangisan raran (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Stomach ache
Plant part used: Fruits
Method of Preparation: Decoction: Get enough fruits and boil or eat the fruit.
Direction for use: Drink the decoction or eat the fruits.
Additional information: Fruit: Small red round fruit, dies during summer.
Informant: Ausan Diado, Anding Bago
Place gathered: Sitio Dangkalan, Barangay San Roque, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro
Gathered by / Date gathered: 2012
Abstracted by: Dando LR, Goco RM
Date abstracted: 2013-01-09
Province: Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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