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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

Eucalyptus * Image in process *	Eucalyptus globulusLabill.	Eucalyptus; Blue-gum eucalyptus; Tasmanian bluegum (English)	heart disease	leaves	Nueva Vizcaya

Eucalyptus * Image in process *	Eucalyptus globulusLabill.	Eucalyptus; Blue-gum eucalyptus; Tasmanian bluegum (English)	weak lungs	dried leaves	Sorsogon

Eucalyptos * Image in process *	Eucalyptus globulusLabill.	Eucalyptus; Blue-gum eucalyptus; Tasmanian bluegum (English)	weak lungs	leaves	Albay

Eucalyptus * Image in process *	Eucalyptus globulusLabill.	Eucalyptus; Blue-gum eucalyptus; Tasmanian bluegum (English)	asthma	leaves	Lanao del Norte

Gatus-gatus (Tagakaulo), Dilang-aso (Tagalog) * Image in process *	Pseudelephantopus spicatus (B.Juss. ex Aubl.) Rohr ex Gleason	False elephant foot English), Dog's tongue (English), Dilang-aso (Filipino)	For wound, para sa samad	Young leaves	Davao - Tagakaolo

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

Inwag (Hanunuo Mangyan) , Huwag (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Flagellaria indica L.	False rattan (English), Baling-uai (Filipino)	Eye pain	Young leaves	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Inwag (Hanunuo Mangyan) , Huwag (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Flagellaria indica L.	False rattan (English), Baling-uai (Filipino)	Colds	Roots	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Inwag (Hanunuo Mangyan) , Huwag (Hanunuo Mangyan) * Image in process *	Flagellaria indica L.	False rattan (English), Baling-uai (Filipino)	Centipede bite	Roots	Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)

Paspas (Bis.) * Image in process *	Polyscias cumingiana	Fernleaf Panax (Engl.); fernleaf aralia (Engl.)	Fever in child	Leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

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