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The photos and videos showing the knowledge and practices were obtained with full consent from informants belonging to various communities where the researches were conducted. Any information, photo, or video from this study to be used for further academic research or commercial purposes should have the free and prior informed consent of the knowledge-owners. The knowledge-owners in any of the researches in this website should be properly acknowledged and cited if information, photos, or videos in the research will be used. Any commercial benefits which may arise from the utilization of the people’s traditional knowledge, photos, or videos should be shared with the said knowledge-owners or the community.[1]

Ang mga litrato at bidyo na naglalarawan ng kaalaman at kaugaliang pangkalusugan ay kusang ibinahagi ng mga kinapanayam mula sa ilang mga pamayanan sa mga lugar kung saan ginanap ang pagsaliksik. Kung nais gamitin para sa pananaliksik o komersyal na layon ang anumang impormasyon, litrato, at bidyo rito, nararapat na humingi muna ng pahintulot mula sa tao o pamayanang nagmamay-ari ng kaalaman. Ang indibidwal o pamayanan ay may karapatan sa anumang kalalabasan o komersyal na benepisyo na maaaring magmula sa paggamit ng kanilang minamay-aring kaalaman, litrato, o bidyo. Kung nais gamitin o banggitin sa isang ulat ang anumang impormasyon, litrato, o bidyo na mababasa/makikita rito, nararapat na isulat ang pamayanan o taong pinagmulan ng kaalaman at ang ulat na ito bilang pinagkunan ng datos, litrato, o bidyo.[1]

[1] Batay sa Elisabetsky and Posey (1994) na binanggit sa Posey and Dutfield 1996. Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. p.48.

The list below is a compilation of plants and natural products from documented tkdl researches conducted in the various regions in the Philippines.



LOCAL NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME	INDICATION	PLANT PART USED	PROVINCE / AREA

Mongos (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek	Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English); Balatong (Tagalog; Ifugao; Ibanag; Iloko)	smallpox	seed	Davao

Mongos (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek	Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English); Balatong (Tagalog; Ifugao; Ibanag; Iloko)	measles	seed	Misamis Oriental

Mongos mix with sigit * Image in process *	Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek	Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English); Balatong (Tagalog; Ifugao; Ibanag; Iloko)	asthma	seed	Davao

Mongos mix with sigit * Image in process *	Vigna radiata(L.) R. Wilczek	Mungo (Filipino); Mung bean (English); Balatong (Tagalog; Ifugao; Ibanag; Iloko)	asthma	stem	Davao

Montay * Image in process *	Citrus maxima(Burm. f.) Merr.	Suha (Filipino); Grape-fruit pummelo; Shaddock; Pomelo (English)	cough	fruit	Zamboanga del Sur

Montreal * Image in process *	Not provided	Not provided	chest & back pain	fresh leaves	Quezon

Mopol (Tagabawa), Hanopol (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Poikilospermum erectum (Blanco) Merr.	Not provided	For sinnat (Tagabawa), "bughat"	Flower bud-popularly known as ngipon sa mopol since its shape resembles the shape of a tooth (canine).	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Mopol (Tagabawa), Hanopol (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Poikilospermum erectum (Blanco) Merr.	Not provided	For bitten by "not-like-ours", para sa paakon sa dili-ingon-nato	Flower bud-popularly known as ngipon sa mopol since its shape resembles the shape of a tooth (canine).	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Morado * Image in process *	Pseuderanthemum bicolorRadlk.	Limang-sugat (Filipino); Aluyupyup (Bis)	constipation	leaves	Albay

Morado * Image in process *	Pseuderanthemum bicolorRadlk.	Limang-sugat (Filipino); Aluyupyup (Bis)	earache	leaves	Albay

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