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
         
 

Dangla (Ifg.)

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Vitex negundoL.

Lagundi (Filipino); Five-leaved chaste tree; Chinese chastetree (English)

pneumonia  roots Ifugao
         
 

Buenava (Ilk.)

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Not provided

Not provided

pneumonia  leaves Ilocos Norte
         
 

Mansanitas

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Muntingia calaburaL.

Aratiles (Filipino); Strawberrytree (English)

pneumonia  leaves Lanao del Norte
         
 

(a) Lingatong with (b) kalagaskagas, and (c) siling kilikot

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(a) Dendrocnide sp. (b) Not provided (c) Capsicum frutescens Linn.

(a) Not provided (b) Not provided (c) Siling-labuyo (Tag.); siling-palay (Tag.); kitikot (Bis.); bird pepper (Engl.); hot chili (Engl.)

Poison  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Nangka (Bis.)

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Artocarpus heterophyllus

Nangka (Bis.); langka (Tag.); jack tree (Engl.)

Poison  Roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

(a) Siling kilikot (Bis.) with (b) lingatong (Bis.) and (c) kalagaskagas (Bis.)

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(a) Capsicum frutescens Linn. (b) Dendrocnide sp. (c) Not provided

(a) Siling-labuyo (Tag.); siling-palay (Tag.); kitikot (Bis.); bird pepper (Engl.); hot chili (Engl.) (b) Not provided (c) Not provided

Poison  (a) roots (b) roots (c) roots Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan
         
 

Tara bato (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Unidentified

Common name not provided

 Poison  Leaves Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

igasud, lima-lima

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Strychnos ignatii Berg.

katbalo_ga (Tag.); St. Ignatius bean, ignatia (Engl.); aguason, dankagi, mananaog, pa_gaguason (Bis.); gasud (S.L. Bis.); igasud (S.L. Bis., C. Bis); kanlara, katalo_ga (Bis.); katbalo_gan (Tag., Pamp.); pepitasa-katbalogan (Tag., Bis., Pamp.); ya_gi-ilagan (Mbo.)

Poison for animals and humans  fruit and stem Samar Island
         
 

Mage (Hanunuo Mangyan)

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Agave angustifolia Haw.

Agave (English), Sword agave (English)

Poison from sea creatures  Leaves Oriental Mindoro (Hanunuo Mangyan tribe)
         
 

Tubo

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Saccharum officinarumL.

Tubo (Filipino); Sugarcane (English)

poisoning  stem Catanduanes
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