234 MINOR PRODUCTS OF PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



The leaves and tops serve as a preservative against moths. 

 They are employed also in baths, when they are said to have 

 antirheumatic action. 



Genus ROSMARINUS 



ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS L. ROSEMARY or ROMERO. 



Local names: Dtimero (corruption of Spanish "romero") ; rosmiro 

 (Bontoc), 



The leaves are used in the Philippines in the same manner 

 as in European therapeutics. 



Distribution: Reported from Bontoc, Rizal, Laguna, Marin- 

 duque, but widely cultivated. 



Genus SCUTELLARIA 

 SCUTELLARIA LUZONICA Rolfe SiDIT. 



Local name: Sidit (Benguet). 



The plant is said to be used as a cure for stomach pains. 

 Distribution : Northern and central Luzon, Mindanao. 



Family SOLANACEAE 



Genus DATURA 

 DATURA FASTUOSA L. TalONG-PUNAI NA ITIM. 



Local names: Siva (Batanes Islands) ; talampunai (Marinduque) ; ta- 

 lampiinai na ithn (Batangas). 



The species is poisonous, as is the variety alba. It is uti- 

 lized for the same purposes as stramonium. The leaves and 

 flowers are smoked for dyspnoea in bronchitis. 



Distribution : In open places in and about settlements through- 

 out the Philippines. 



DATURA FASTUOSA L. var. ALBA (Nees) C. B. Clarke. Talong-punai. 



Local names: Kamkammaulati (Union) ; katsubong (Capiz) ; taram^ 

 punai, talam-punai, talong-punai (Tagalog, Pampanga, Bikol) ; kachibong 

 (Bisaya, Marinduque). 



The leaves are much used in resolutive and mitigant poultices. 

 They are also smoked like stramonium in cases of dyspnoea 

 produced by asthma. The seeds and roots have the same uses. 

 They are sometimes used for criminal purposes. The Moros 

 are said to intoxicate themselves with this plant before they 

 commit their massacres. 



Distribution : Throughout the Philippines in waste places in 

 and about towns. Much more common than the purple-flowered 

 form. 



