Mindoro - 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

Tambulusan (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Unidentified	Common name not provided	Food poisoning (Fish and cassava)	Stem or fruit	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Lakad-bulan * Image in process *	Blumea balsamifera(L) DC	Sambong (Filipino); Blumea camphor; Ngai camphor(English)	food poisoning	roots and leaves	Mindoro

Oregano (Tau-buid Mangyan) * Image in process *	Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.	Oregano (Filipino, Spanish)	Food poisoning	Slightly mature leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Tribe Tau-Buid)

Manunggal (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Unidentified	Common name not provided	Flu	Leaves, stem or roots	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Urong (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit.	Luhang-dalaga (Filipino), Devil's backbone (English), Slipper spurge (English)	Fish poison or ringworm	Leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Pasaw (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Cassia occidentalis L.	Balatong-aso (Filipino), Coffee senna (English), Coffeeweed (English)	Fish bone prick	Leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Kasla (Hanunuo Mangyan), Tuba-tuba (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Jatropha curcas L.	Tubang-bakod (Filipino), Physic nut tree (English)	Fever	Leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Anlahiko (Hanunuo Mangyan), Kataka-taka (Filipino), Sambariba (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken	Katakataka (Filipino), Live-leaf-of-resurrection plant (Filipino)	Fever	Leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Palyas (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Unidentified	Common name not provided	Fertility	Roots	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Tulong (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Ficus nota Merr.	Tibig (Filipino), Sacking tree (English)	Fertility	Bark	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

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