Family | Annonaceae |
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Local Name | Pedped (Ilocano); Susong Damulag (Pamp.) |
Habit | Shrub |
Special Notes | younger and lower surface of leaves are hairy, leaves brown on very short stalks, oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate with pointed tips & rounded/heartshaped bases |
Ethnobotanical Uses | MEDICINAL: used to treat stomache ache, alcoholic tincture of roots used as an ecbolic (promotes labor by increasing uterine contraction); OTHERS used as smoke; |
Collected from | Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). |
Collector(s) | Aila Velasco |