- Family:
- Malvaceae
- Common name:
- Uaualisan (Filipino), Common wireweed (English), Silhigon (Bisaya)
- Local name:
- Silheg (Hanunuo Mangyan)
- Indication:
- Bakukang
- Plant part used:
- Any part
- Method of Preparation:
- Get enough part of silheg and burn until it become charcoal then pound.
- Direction for use:
- Apply directly on the affected area once a day. Immature "bakukang" (a type of boil) will shrink and mature will expel the pus.
- Additional information:
- Can be seen in lowland, dies during summer, the plant's juice is mostly inside the stem, yellowish fruit and leaves, small round fruit.
- Informant:
- Barrios Gawid
- Place gathered:
- Sitio Dangkalan, Barangay San Roque, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro
- Gathered by / Date gathered:
- 2012
- Abstracted by:
- Dando LR, Goco RM
- Date abstracted:
- 2013-01-10
- Province:
- Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)