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

Gemelina (Tagakaulo), Gimelina (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Gmelina?arborea?Roxb.	Beachwood, Gmelina (English), Gimelina (Filipino)	For gas or colic pain, panuhot (Bisaya)	Bark and Leaves	Davao - Tagakaolo

Bukel (Tagabawa), Bulak (Tagalog), Gapas (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Gossypium?hirsutum?L., Gossypium barbadense L.	Cotton (English), Bulak (Filipino)	For bitannu (Tagabawa)	Mature leaves	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Bukel (Tagabawa), Bulak (Tagalog), Gapas (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Gossypium?hirsutum?L., Gossypium barbadense L.	Cotton (English), Bulak (Filipino)	For menit e lawa (Tagabawa), kalintura (Bisaya)	Mature leaves	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Bukel (Tagabawa), Bulak (Tagalog), Gapas (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Gossypium?hirsutum?L., Gossypium barbadense L.	Cotton (English), Bulak (Filipino)	For lios (Tagabawa), piang (Bisaya)	Mature leaves	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

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

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

Gumamela (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Hibiscus rosa-sinensisL.	Gumamela (Filipino); China rose; Chinese hibiscus; Shoeblackplant (English)	boil	flower	Davao

Gumamela (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Hibiscus sp.	Hibiscus (English), China rose (English), Rosa de China (Spanish), Gumamela (Filipino)	For tuberculosis	Roots	Davao - Tagakaolo

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