Family | Fabaceae |
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Local Name | Makahiya (Tagalog); Bain-bain (Ilokano) |
Habit | Herb |
Habitat | Terrestrial, open and waste places |
Special Notes | leaves are sensitive to touch |
Ethnobotanical Uses | MEDICINAL: used for chronic bronchitis, insomnia, and herpes zoster; |
Collected from | Tabaan Norte, Tuba, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). |
Collector(s) | M. Agurin, A. Manalili |