- Family:
- Uncollected
- Common name:
- Not provided
- Local name:
- Laya (Tagabawa)
- Indication:
- Use for cutting the umbilical cord in the absence of sterile scissors/ blade
- Plant part used:
- Bark or Trunk
- Method of Preparation:
- Cut a piece of the Laya post in one of the four sides of the house. Cut enough trunk that can be used in cutting the umbilical cord.
- Direction for use:
- Shape the wood to form like a knife or make the edge sharper. Soak it in a boiling water to sterilized. Use the sharp edge in cutting the umbilicus.
- Additional information:
- Laya is a kind of tree which has hard wood, usually used by the natives in making post for their houses.
- Informant:
- Salvation Torino "nanay Asyo"- (mabalian)
- Place gathered:
- Davao del Sur, Sta. Cruz, Barangay Sibulan, Sitio Tudaya
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- 09/02/2013
- Abstracted by:
- Cabero JD
- Date abstracted:
- 05/02/2014
- Province:
- Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo