- Family:
- Musaceae
- Common name:
- Banana (English), Saging (Filipino)
- Local name:
- Saging (Tagalog, Bisaya)
- Indication:
- For prolong expulsion of placenta, dugay mugawas ang inununan
- Plant part used:
- Banana flower's outer skin
- Method of Preparation:
- Scorch the outer skin or layer of banana flower until soots are formed.
- Direction for use:
- Apply the soot on the abdomen of the laboring mother 3x until the placenta is removed.
- Additional information:
- Only use the withered outer skin of the flower of banana and only get those parts that are already fallen on the ground.
- Informant:
- Victoria Ampan-Mananamok (Tagakaulo)- traditional birth attendant and mamolongay- (general practitioner)
- Place gathered:
- Davao del Sur, Malita, Barangay Kilalag, Sitio Kitulali
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- 05/03/2013
- Abstracted by:
- Cabero JD
- Date abstracted:
- 10/03/2014
- Province:
- Davao - Tagakaolo