Family |
Dioscoreaceae |
Common name: |
Intoxicating yam (English), Asiatic bitter yam (English), Nami (Filipino) |
Local name: |
Namo (Tau-buid Mangyan) |
Indication: |
Pesticide |
Plant part used: |
Tuber |
Method of Preparation: |
Get some tuber and scrape. |
Direction for use: |
Spread the scraped tuber to the ground. |
Additional information: |
Not advisable to eat the root crop because it is poisonous. Can cause severe headache and even death to whoever eat the root crop. |
Informant: |
FGD |
Place gathered: |
Sitio Safa, Barangay Sabang, Oriental Mindoro |
Gathered by / Date gathered: |
Dando LRA, Dando SH |
Abstracted by: |
Dando LRA, Dando SH |
Date abstracted: |
20/07/2013 |
Province: |
Oriental Mindoro (Tribe Tau-Buid) |