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Distribution: Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Bontoc, Union, Nueva 

 Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Bataan, Cavite, Rizal, 

 Laguna, Camarines Norte and Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, Iloilo, 

 Antique, Oriental Negros, Cebu, Bantayan Island, and Cotabato. 



Family BORRAGINACEAE 



Genus GOLDEN I A 



GOLDEN I A PROGUMBENS L. TabtABOKOL. 



Local names: Oregano-laldki (Tagalog) ; papait ti nuang (Union); 

 tabtabokol (Ilocos, Abra) ; tapiasin (Tagalog). 



The leaves are applied in poultices to mature abscesses. The 

 dried leaves when pulverized provoke sneezing. 



Distribution : From Cagayan to Manila, and in Mindoro. 



Genus CORDIA 

 GORDIA MYXA L. AnoNANG. 



A description of this species and its local names are given 

 in the section on fiber plants. 



A decoction of the bark is said to be antidyspeptic and a 

 febrifuge. When reduced to a powder it is used as a cure for 

 ulcers in the mouth. 



Genus EHRETIA 

 EHRETIA MIGROPHYLLA Lam. KalamogA. 



A description of this species and its local names are given in 

 the section on food plants. 



The dried leaves are boiled and the resulting fluid is used 

 internally as a cure for stomach trouble. A decoction of the 

 leaves is used as a cough cure. 



EHRETIA NAVESII Vidal Talibunog. 



Local names: Alimhiingug (Surigao) ; kalambonog (Pangasinan); mala- 

 tadidng (Nueva Vizcaya) ; maragaued (Ilocos Norte) ; talibunog (Lepanto). 



This plant is used in the pure of fever. 



Distribution: Throughout the Philippines from Cagayan to 

 Basilan. 



Genus HELIOTROPIUM 



HELIOTROPIUM INDIGUM L. IKOI-PUSA. 



Local names: Aposdtes (Basilan); buntot-leon (Tayabas, Albay) ; hinla' 

 laion (Tagalog) ; higad-higdran (Nueva Ecija) ; ikog-ikog-sang-kuti (Bi- 

 saya) ; ikoi-pusa (Sambali) ; kabra-kdbra, kavibra-kdmbra (Bisaya) ; kw- 

 ting-kutingan (Tagalog) ; makabra o puntalefante (Negros) ;, malakudku- 

 ran (Zambales) ; pengngd (Abra) ; peng-nga-peng-iigd (Pangasinan) ; 

 peiiga-pengd (Union) ; trompa-elefante (Manila, Marinduque) ; trompa- 

 lipante (Iloilo). 



