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

Kabal (Talaingod manobo), flying lemur (English) * Image in process *	Cynocephalus sp.	Not provided	For lusongan (Talaingod manobo), malaria (English)	Fur of the lemur	Davao - Talaingod Manobo

Bermuda grass (plant named by the locals), Kawad-kawaran (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Cynodon dactylon ( L.) Pers.	Bermuda grass (English), Devil's grass (English), Kawad-kawaran (Filipino)	For high blood	Roots	Davao - Tagakaolo

Uli-uli (Tagakaulo), Anuang (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Cyperus kyllingia Endl.	White-flowered kyllinga (English), Anuang (Filipino),	For relapse, bugna (Tagakaulo), bughat (Bisaya), binat (Tagalog)	Whole plant	Davao - Tagakaolo

Uli- uli (Tagabawa), Anuang (Tagalog), Malabutones (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Cyperus kyllingia Endl.	White-flowered kyllinga (English), Anuang (Filipino)	For abbas in Tagabawa	Flower , Leaves, Roots	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Barisanga or busikad (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Cyperus rotundusL.	Mutha (Filipino); Cocograss; Purple nutsedge; Nutgrass (English)	toothache	leaves or rhizome	Davao

Barisanga or busikad (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Cyperus rotundusL.	Mutha (Filipino); Cocograss; Purple nutsedge; Nutgrass (English)	fever	leaves/ rhizome	Davao

Barisanga or busikad (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Cyperus rotundusL.	Mutha (Filipino); Cocograss; Purple nutsedge; Nutgrass (English)	stomachache	rhizome	Davao

Limohon (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Cyperus rotundusL.	Mutha (Filipino); Cocograss; Purple nutsedge; Nutgrass (English)	fever	roots	Davao

Katsubong (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Datura metelL.	Talumpunay (Filipino); Thorn apple (English)	toothache	flower	Davao

Katsubong (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Datura metelL.	Talumpunay (Filipino); Thorn apple (English)	asthma	flowers or leaves	Davao

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