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Musa sapientum L. var cinerea (Blco.)Teod. Print

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Family Musaceae
Common name: Silk Bananas, Apple Banana (English), Latundan (Filipino)
Local name: Tundan (Bisaya), Latundan (Tagalog), Lintundan (Tagabawa)
Indication: For cut or wound
Plant part used: Bark's sap
Method of Preparation: Cut the body of saging Litundan.
Direction for use: Apply the sap of saging litundan directly on cut or open wound.
Additional information: Cut or open wound should not be washed.
Informant: Felomina Anap Ando (tarabawian)
Place gathered: North Cotabato, Makilala, Old Bulatukan, Sitio Tambubong
Gathered by / Date gathered: 16/02/2013
Abstracted by: Cabero JD
Date abstracted: 05/02/2014
Province: Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

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