Frequency of use (no. of households) | Uses | |||||||
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Scientific Name/Family | Visayan Common name | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Yearly | Food | Medicine | Fiber |
ANACARDIACEAE | ||||||||
Dracontomelum edule (Blanco) Skeels (from Phil. Her. vol.1) â alauihau | halowihaw/alauihau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | x | ||
Mangifera altissima Blanco | pao/paho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | x | x | |
Mangifera indica L. | Mangga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | x | x | |
Mangifera odorata Griffith | wani/huani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | |
Semecarpus longifolius Blume or Semecarpus gigantifolia Vidal | anagas/kasoy-kasoy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | x | ||
ARACEAE | ||||||||
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott | gabi/dagmay | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | x | ||
ARAUCARIACEAE | ||||||||
Agathis philippinensis Warb./Agathis dammara (Lamb.) L. C. Rich. | almaciga/sahing/salung | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||
ARECACEAE | ||||||||
Oncosperma tigillaria Ridl. | Anibong | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | x | x | |
Orania decipiens Becc. | Banga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | x | x | |
Arenga ambong Becc. or *Arenga brevipes | batbat | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | x | x | |
BOMBACEAEAE | ||||||||
Durio zibethinus Murray | wild durian | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | x | ||
BORGINACEAE | ||||||||
Ehretia acuminate | Anonang | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | x | ||
CONVOLVULACEAE | ||||||||
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lamk. | kamoteng bagin | 0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | x | ||
CRASSULACEAE | ||||||||
Kalanchoe pinnata (Lmk) Pers. | anheliko/anhelika | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | x | ||
CYCADACEAE | ||||||||
Cycas circinalis L. | petogo (sago) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | x | ||
DIOSCOREACEAE | ||||||||
Dioscorea hispida Dennst. | kayos (kuyot?) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | x | ||
Dioscorea pentaphylla L. | Sapang | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | x | ||
DRYOPTERIDACEAE | ||||||||
Athyrium esculentum Copeland | Pako | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | x | ||
EUPHORBIACEAE | ||||||||
Mallotus auriculatus Merr. | Kamanian | |||||||
Mallotus pseudopenangenensis | beri/beli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | x | ||
GNETICEAE | ||||||||
Gnetum gnemon L. Var. gnemon | Bago | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | x | ||
FLACOURTIACEAE | ||||||||
Caesaria fuliginosa (Blanco) Blanco | luyong-luyong | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | x | ||
GRAMINEAE | ||||||||
tapikan (bamboo) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | x | x | ||
Bambusa sp., Schizostachyum spp. | Kawayan | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | x | x | |
GUTTIFERAE | ||||||||
Garcinia benthami Pierre or Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.)Kurz. | Bunog | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | x | ||
Garcinia binucao (Blanco) Choisy or Garcinia lateriflora Blume | kandis/kindis | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | x | x | |
LAMIACEAE | ||||||||
Mentha cordifolia Opiz. | herba Buena | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | x | ||
LEGUMINOCEAE | ||||||||
Cajanus indicus Sprengel | Kadyos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | x | ||
MENISPERMACEAE | ||||||||
Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. | albatra/albutra | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | x | ||
Cocculus cordifolius-medicinal boost to autoimmune system | Makabuhay | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | x | ||
MORACEAE | ||||||||
Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamk. | nangka/langka | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | x | ||
Litsea perrottetii (Blume) F. â Vill (Laur.) or Artocarpus odoratissimus Blanco | Marang | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | x | ||
MYRTACEAE | ||||||||
Eugenia cymosa | labak/beraho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | x | ||
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels | duhat/lumbay/lomboy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | x | ||
MUSACEAE | ||||||||
Musa L. | Saging | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | x | ||
ORCHIDACEAE | ||||||||
Orchids | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||||
OXALIDACEAE | ||||||||
Averrhoa bilimbi L. | Kamias | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | x | ||
PALMAE | ||||||||
Calamus sp. | yantok/rattan | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | x | x | |
Calamus ornatus Blume | Alimuran | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | x | ||
SAPINDACEAE | ||||||||
Nephelium lappaceum L. | manti (Tagbanua name) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | x | ||
Nephelium lappaceum L. | Rambutan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | x | ||
Guioa acuminata Radlk. | Pasi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | x | ||
SAPOTACEAE | ||||||||
Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni | Tisa | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | x | ||
SCHIZAEACEAE | ||||||||
Lygodium circinnatum (Burm.) Swartz | Nito | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | x | x | x |
STILAGINACEAE | ||||||||
Antidesma bunius (L.) Sprengel | Bignay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | x | ||
TILLIACEAE | ||||||||
Muntingia calabura L. | Seresas | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | x | ||
Others: | ||||||||
Dimonorops curranii | pitpit/pitpiton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | x | ||
Emilia marivelensis | libhon/libun | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | x | ||
Lentinus sp. | kulat/alasan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | x | ||
Melodinus luzonensis | Tabo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | x | ||
Balisangkad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | x | |||
Banga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | x | |||
Palawan gabi | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | x | |||
Karngangyan | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | x | |||
Kulumbi | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | x | |||
laba/balokawe | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | x | |||
Lampanaya | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | x | |||
Lipso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | x | |||
pakpak lawin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | x | |||
Pal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | |||
Palawan durian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | x | |||
sangi/pangi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | x | |||
santol-santol | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | x | |||
Tagumo | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | x | |||
Tuge | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | x | |||
wild gabi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | x |