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

Kapigsula (Talaingod manobo), Akapulko (Tagalog), Asunting (Bisaya), Andadisi (Ilokano) * Image in process *	Senna alata (L.) Roxb.	Ringworm bush or shrub (English), Akapulko (Filipino)	For ap-ap, katol-katol sa lawas (Bisaya), skin diseases (English)	Young leaves	Davao - Talaingod Manobo

Palotsina or sunting (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Senna alata(L.) Roxb.	Akapulko (Filipino); Ringworm shrub; Emperor's candlesticks (English)	ringworm	leaves	Davao

Palotsina or sunting (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Senna alata(L.) Roxb.	Akapulko (Filipino); Ringworm shrub; Emperor's candlesticks (English)	skin diseases	leaves	Davao

Hibi-hibi (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Senna occidentalis(L.) Link	Balatong aso (Filipino); Septicweed (English)	nervousness	roots	Davao

Bogong (Tagabawa) * Image in process *	Setaria?palmifolia?(J.Koenig) Stapf?	Palm grass (English), Pasto de Palma (Spanish)	For grabe nga lios (Tagabawa) or piang (Bisaya), pilay (Tagalog)	Whole plant	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Escoba (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Sida alnifolia var. alnifolia	Walis-walisan (Filipino)	diarrhea	leaves or roots	Davao

Escoba (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Sida alnifolia var. alnifolia	Walis-walisan (Filipino)	gas pain	leaves or roots	Davao

Kayo tallo (Tagabawa), Ualis-haba (Tagalog), Eskoba (C. Bisaya) * Image in process *	Sida rhombifolia L.	Yellow barleria (English), Escobilla (Spanish), Ualis-haba (Filipino)	For pangindus (Tagabawa), watery stool (English)	Mature leaves	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Banag (Talaingod manobo, Tagalog), Banagan (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Smilax lanceifolia Roxb.	Sarsaparilla vine (English), Banag (Filipino)	For sakit sa tiyan (Bisaya), stomach ache (English)	Fruit	Davao - Talaingod Manobo

Banag (Ceb.) * Image in process *	Smilax leucophylla Blume	Sarsaparilyang puti (Filipino)	headache	shoot	Davao

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