Family | Plantaginaceae |
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Local Name | Lanting |
Habit | Herb |
Habitat | dry dikes in paddy fields rarely in waste places |
Special Notes | seeds are 8-16 angular; leaves are all radical and entire, perrenial with spikes; widely distributed |
Ethnobotanical Uses | MEDICINAL: used as a poultice for boils, carbuncles, and other skin irritations, used as an antidote for insect bites; |
Collected from | Outlook Drive, Baguio City, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). |
Collector(s) | Nesti Panopio, Marinelle Pasicolan, Sherie Pera, Dennis, Jenalyn (Jing), Rachelle |
Identification Verified By | Ranne Santiago Posadas-(2004-02-04)-(Plantago major Linn)-(IK) |