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

Gbanggala * Image in process *	Manihot esculentaCrantz	Kamoteng kahoy (Filipino); Cassava; Manioc; Bitter cassava; Tapioca (English)	wounds	rhizome	Zamboanga del Sur

Gbanggala * Image in process *	Manihot esculentaCrantz	Kamoteng kahoy (Filipino); Cassava; Manioc; Bitter cassava; Tapioca (English)	boil	rhizome	Zamboanga del Sur

Kasila-kayo (Tagabawa), Kamoteng kahoy (Tagalog), Balinghoy (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Manihot?esculenta?Crantz	Cassava (English), Kamoteng kahoy (Filipino)	For menit e lawa (Tagabawa), kalintura (Bisaya)	Leaves	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Kasila-kayo (Tagabawa), Kamoteng kahoy (Tagalog), Balinghoy (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Manihot?esculenta?Crantz	Cassava (English), Kamoteng kahoy (Filipino)	For menit e lawa (Tagabawa)	Young leaves	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Kasila-kayo (Tagabawa), Kamoteng kahoy (Tagalog), Balinghoy (Bisaya) * Image in process *	Manihot?esculenta?Crantz	Cassava (English), Kamoteng kahoy (Filipino)	For bite of Raro (Tagabawa), Bakukang (Bisaya)	Tuberous roots	Davao - Tagabawa Bagobo

Chico * Image in process *	Manilkara zapota(L.) P. Royen	Chico (Filipino); Naseberry; Sapodilla (English)	singaw	unripe fruit	Batangas

Chico * Image in process *	Manilkara zapota(L.) P. Royen	Chico (Filipino); Naseberry; Sapodilla (English)	fever	bark	Negros Occidental

Chico * Image in process *	Manilkara zapota(L.) P. Royen	Chico (Filipino); Naseberry; Sapodilla (English)	dysentery	ripe fruit	Negros Occidental

Chico * Image in process *	Manilkara zapota(L.) P. Royen	Chico (Filipino); Naseberry; Sapodilla (English)	diarrhea	leaves	Pampanga

Ahos-ahos (Bis.) * Image in process *	Mansoa alliancea	False garlic (Engl.); garlic vine (Engl.); purple garlic vine (Engl.)	Any types of illnesses or ailment	Leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

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