Alibungog herbal medicine

 ALIBUNGOG

 

 EHRETIA PHILIPPINENSIS A.DC

Ehretia beurreria Blanco

Ehretia blancoi A. DC.

 

Local names: Aliboñgog (Ism.); alibuñgog (C. Bis.); anonangin (Bik.); bayukon (Tag.); halimumog (Tag.); kalamuñgog (P. Bis.); kutup (Sul.); liñguñgug (Mbo.); ludungla (Bon.); salimomo (Tag.); talibobong (Bik.).

 

Alibuñgog is an endemic species found in thickets and forest at low and medium altitudes from the Babuyan Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao.

 

This is a small tree growing to a height of 5 meters or more with crooked branches and smooth and slender branchlets. The leaves are alternate, oblong-ovate to broadly lanceolate, about 10 centimeters long and 4.5 centimeters wide, entire, pointed at the tip, and somewhat rounded at the base. The inflorescences are usually terminal, and most equal the leaves in length. The flowers are white and fragrant, and clustered upon short pedicels. The calyx is small and ovately segmented. The corolla is somewhat enlarged at the cylindric base, with its narrow lobes ultimately reflexed. The fruit is rounded, about 3 millimeters in diameter, juicy, and orange with a reddish tinge when mature. Continue reading “Alibungog herbal medicine”

Alibangbang herbal medicine

 

ALIBANGBANG

 

BAUHINIA MALABARICA Roxb.  

Piliostigma acidum Benth.

Bauhinia tomentosa Blanco.

Bauhinia purpurea Vidal.

 

Local names: Alambangbang (Tag.); alibangbang (Tag., Bis., Pamp.); balibamban (Pamp.); kalibanbang (Pang., Tag.); kalibangbang (Ilk.).

 

Alibangbang is very common on open, dry slopes in regions subject to a long dry season in Luzon (Ilocos Norte to Laguna). It also occurs in India to Indo-China, Java, and Timor.

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Alambrillong -gubat herbal medicine

 

ALAMBRILLONG-GUBAT

 

ADIANTUM CAUDATUM Linn.

 

Local names: Alambrillong-gubat (Tag.).

 

Alambrillong-gubat is widely distributed in the Philippines, being especially common in thickets. It is also reported from Tropical Africa and from Asia to Polynesia.

 

The stipes are tufted, erect or spreading, more or less covered with brown hairs, 5 to 20 centimeters long. The fronds are linear in outline, simply pinnate, 15 to 30 centimeters long; the leaflets, 1 to 2 centimeters long; the upper margin is rounded, and more or less cut. The ranchis and both surfaces of the frond are villose, rooting at the apex; the sori are roundish on the edges of the lobes.

 

According to Kirtikar and Basu the leaves are used in the preparation of “sirop-de-capillaire.” In Bourbon it is also used to cure coughs and fevers. Externally it is a remedy for skin diseases and internally it is said to be useful in diabetes.

Source:BPI

ALAGASI

 

LEUCOSYKE CAPITELLATA (Poir.) Wedd.

Urtica capitellata Poir.

Leucosyke alba Zoll. & Mor.

Missiessya fagifolia Gaudich.

 

Local names: Alagasi (Bis., Tag.); alangasi (Bis.); amagasi (Bik., Tag.); anagau (Bik.; anugas (Bik.); alalasi (Bon., Ilk.); aragasi (Bik., S. L. Bis.); ararasi (Bon.); arasi (Bon.); bahibahi (P. Bis.); bauaua (S. L. Bis.); bilan0bilan (Sub.); bunkilan (Yak.); damakdios (P. Bis.); gasigasi (Sul.); ginagasi (Tag.); gugutu (Ig.); haganasi (Bik.); hangalasi (Tag.); hilagasi (Tag.); hinagasi (Tag.); hinlagasi (P. Bis.); isis ngipin (Tag.); karikasin (Neg.); lagasi (Tag., C. Bis.); laglag (P. Bis.); lalasi (Ig.); langasi (Bis.); lapsik (Ig.); layasin (tag.); liasin (Tag.); manombila (Buk.); sagombibilan (Mbo.); salagiso (Bik.); salasi (Bon.); tinagasi (Bik.).

Alagasi is found in thickets, second-growth forests, etc., at low and medium altitudes throughout the Philippines. It is also reported from Formosa to Java and New Guinea. Continue reading “ALAGASI”