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Family Malvaceae
Common name: Kulut-kulutan (Filipino), Palisin (Filipino), Caesar weed (English)
Local name: Alimunot (Hanunuo Mangyan)
Indication: Antidote: Fish toxins
Plant part used: Leaves or bark
Method of Preparation: Get enough size of the bark or quantity of the leaves.
Direction for use: Patch or place directly to the affected part until the pain is gone.
Additional information: Fruits: (+) Round brown fruit that sticks on clothes, Flowers: Small pink (purplish) flowers.
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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