- Family:
- Asparagaceae
- Common name:
- Bowstring hemp (Engl.); buntot-tigre (Tag.); buntot-palos (Tag.); tigi (Tag.)
- Local name:
- Kalabo Tigre (Bis.)
- Indication:
- Insect bites (fire ants, the sting from bees, and hornets)
- Plant part used:
- Leaves
- Method of Preparation:
- Get one leaf. Smash it using the stone and then squeeze out the juice from the leaf.
- Direction for use:
- Apply the juice on the bitten area.
- Additional information:
- Informant:
- Vicente Bolongon Macalisang (healer)
- Place gathered:
- Siquijor Province, Siquijor, Barangay San Antonio, Purok Spythaphyllum
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- Ando JKE, Herlao IAV
- Abstracted by:
- Ando, JKE
- Date abstracted:
- 12/07/2015
- Province:
- Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan