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Family Malvaceae
Common name: Uaualisan (Filipino), Common wireweed (English), Silhigon (Bisaya)
Local name: Silheg (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Bakukang
Plant part used: Any part
Method of Preparation: Get enough part of silheg and burn until it become charcoal then pound.
Direction for use: Apply directly on the affected area once a day. Immature "bakukang" (a type of boil) will shrink and mature will expel the pus.
Additional information: Can be seen in lowland, dies during summer, the plant's juice is mostly inside the stem, yellowish fruit and leaves, small round 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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