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Tacca palmata Blume Print

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Family Taccaceae
Common name: Payung-payungan (Filipino)
Local name: Tangisan raran (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Nervousness
Plant part used: Roots
Method of Preparation: Decoction: Get enough size of the roots and boil.
Direction for use: Drink the decoction
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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