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Family Uncollected
Common name: Not provided
Local name: Laya (Tagabawa)
Indication: Use for cutting the umbilical cord in the absence of sterile scissors/ blade
Plant part used: Bark or Trunk
Method of Preparation: Cut a piece of the Laya post in one of the four sides of the house. Cut enough trunk that can be used in cutting the umbilical cord.
Direction for use: Shape the wood to form like a knife or make the edge sharper. Soak it in a boiling water to sterilized. Use the sharp edge in cutting the umbilicus.
Additional information: Laya is a kind of tree which has hard wood, usually used by the natives in making post for their houses.
Informant: Salvation Torino "nanay Asyo"- (mabalian)
Place gathered: Davao del Sur, Sta. Cruz, Barangay Sibulan, Sitio Tudaya
Gathered by / Date gathered: 09/02/2013
Abstracted by: Cabero JD
Date abstracted: 05/02/2014
Province: Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

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