| Dioscorea hispida Dennst. |
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- Family:
- Dioscoreaceae
- Common name:
- Intoxicating yam (English), Asiatic bitter yam (English), Nami (Filipino)
- Local name:
- Kurot (Hanunuo Mangyan), Name (Hanunuo Mangyan)
- Indication:
- Boil
- Plant part used:
- Tuber
- Method of Preparation:
- Poultice: Get enough size of tuber and pound or scrape.
- Direction for use:
- Patch or apply the poultice directly on the affected part.
- Additional information:
- A lot like yam, Tuber: Poisonous, Flower: (+) Yellow, Stem: with thorns.
- Informant:
- Ausan Diado, Anding Bago
- 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)