Ethnopharmacolgy - 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

Tikwa (Subanon) * Image in process *	Luffa aegyptiacaMill.	Patola (Filipino); Sponge gourd (English)	high blood pressure	fruit	Zamboanga del Sur

Banlad (Tau-buid Mangyan), Tanglad (Tau-buid Mangyan) * Image in process *	Andropogon citratus Hort. ex DC.	Lemon grass (English), Fever grass (English), Tanglad (Flipino)	High blood pressure	Roots and stem	Oriental Mindoro (Tribe Tau-Buid)

Almoging (Tau-buid Mangyan) * Image in process *	Genus Indet.	Common name not provided	High blood pressure	Roots and stem	Oriental Mindoro (Tribe Tau-Buid)

Lagikway Kalamansi (Sintonis) * Image in process *	1 Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik. 2 Citrus x microcarpa Bunge	Lagikway Kalamansi (Sintonis)	High blood pressure	1 Leaves 2 Fruits	Alabat Island

Lubilubi/ Niyogniyugan (Mustasanggubat) * Image in process *	Ficus pseudopalma	Lubilubi/ Niyogniyugan (Mustasanggubat)	High blood pressure	Tops	Alabat Island

Pandanmabango * Image in process *	Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.	Pandanmabango	High blood pressure	Leaves	Alabat Island

Talinum/ Talilong * Image in process *	Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.	Talinum/ Talilong	High blood pressure	Leaves	Alabat Island

Tanglad * Image in process *	Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf	Tanglad	High blood pressure	Stems	Alabat Island

Pansit-pansitan (Tau-buid Mangyan) * Image in process *	Peperomia pellucida ( L. ) Kunth.	Shiny bush (English), Ulasimang bato (Filipino), Pansit-pansitan (Filipino)	High blood pressure and UTI	Root, stem, flower, fruit	Oriental Mindoro (Tribe Tau-Buid)

(a) Damortis (Ilk.) with (b) Sagat (Ibn.;Neg.) (c) salamagi (d) acacia * Image in process *	(a) Pithecellobium dulce(Roxb.) Benth. (b) Pterocarpus indicusWilld. (c ) Not provided (d) Samanea saman(Jacq.) Merr.	(a) Kamatsile (Filipino); Monkeypod (English) (b) Narra (Filipino) (c) Not provided (d) Acacia (Filipino; Spanish); Raintree (English)	high fever	bark	Kalinga

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