Davao - Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

- Philippine plants and natural products used traditionally -

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

Beri (Tagabawa), Tuway-tuway (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Unidentified	Not provided	Use for diagnosing and for treating diseases inflicted by supernatural beings, tambal sa dili-ingon-nato (Bisaya)	Flower	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Laya (Tagabawa) * Image in process *	Uncollected	Not provided	Use for cutting the umbilical cord in the absence of sterile scissors/ blade	Bark or Trunk	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Buyo (Mandaya), Ikmo (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Piper betle L.	Betel pepper (English), Ikmo (Filipino)	Use for betel nut chewing, ginagamit sa "nganga", isagol sa mamaon	Mature Leaves	Davao - Mandaya

Kapayas (Bisaya, Tagakaulo) * Image in process *	Carica papaya L.	Melon tree, Papaya (English), Papaya (Filipino)	Use for beautification, pampagwapa	Mature Leaves	Davao - Tagakaolo

Tamisan (Tagakaulo) * Image in process *	Uncollected	Not provided	Use as perfume, pampahumot	Mature Leaves	Davao - Tagakaolo

Kawayan (Bisaya, Tagalog), Dalamowan (Tagakaolo) * Image in process *	Bambusa sp.	Bamboo (English), Kawayan (Filipino)	Use as energy-giver, pambagsik sa lawas	Roots	Davao - Tagakaolo

Biyao (Tagabawa), Lumbang (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Uncollected	Not provided	Use as bathing solution for newborn	Mature leaves	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Kalabo or Kara-an (Mandaya), Suganda (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.	Country borage (English), Oregano (Spanish), Suganda (Filipino)	Use as an ingredient in cooking, ilamas, sagol sa sabaw (Bisaya)	Mature Leaves	Davao - Mandaya

Kanoykoy (Mandaya) * Image in process *	Unidentified	Not provided	Use as an ingredient in cooking, i-lamas	Mature Leaves	Davao - Mandaya

Bayog (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd.	Bayog (Filipino)	urinary trouble	roots	Davao

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