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

Kal'lawag (Mandaya) * Image in process *	Hedychium sp.	Not provided	For high cholesterol	Mature Leaves	Davao - Mandaya

Kal'lawag (Mandaya) * Image in process *	Hedychium sp.	Not provided	Use for food coloring	Tuber	Davao - Mandaya

Kal'lawag (Mandaya) * Image in process *	Hedychium sp.	Not provided	Use for dyeing textile materials specifically the "dagmay", traditional cloth of Mandaya tribe, pang kulay sa dagmay (yellow)	Tuber (unod)	Davao - Mandaya

Kal'la bul'layna (Mandaya), Herba buena (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Mentha villosa Huds., Mentha cordifolia Opiz ex Fresen.	Marshmint (English), Yerba buena (Spanish), Herba buena (Filipino)	For cough, ubo (Tagalog, Bisaya)	Mature Leaves	Davao - Mandaya

Kal'la bul'layna (Mandaya), Herba buena (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Mentha villosa Huds., Mentha cordifolia Opiz ex Fresen.	Marshmint (English), Yerba buena (Spanish), Herba buena (Filipino)	For gas pains, panuhot or butod ang tiyan	Mature Leaves	Davao - Mandaya

Kal'la bul'layna (Mandaya), Herba buena (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Mentha villosa Huds., Mentha cordifolia Opiz ex Fresen.	Marshmint (English), Yerba buena (Spanish), Herba buena (Filipino)	For high blood	Mature Leaves	Davao - Mandaya

Kakolo na ido (Tagakaulo) (vine), Malatabako (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Elephantopus?mollis Kunth	Soft elephant's foot (English), Malatabako (Filipino)	For cultural infliction "gi-busaw"	Whole vine	Davao - Tagakaolo

Kako/ Kakaw (Tagabawa), Kakaw (Tagalog, Bisaya) * Image in process *	Theobroma?cacao?L.	Cacao (English), Kakaw (Filipino)	For pigsa (Tagabawa and Tagalog), matag-tiki (Bisaya)	Fruit of a young kakao	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Kaimito (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Chrysophyllum cainitoL.	Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English)	diarrhea	leaves	Davao

Kaimito (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Chrysophyllum cainitoL.	Kaymito (Filipino); Starapple (English)	stomachache	leaves	Davao

Start Prev 41 42 43 44 454647 48 49 50 Next End