242 MINOR PRODUCTS OF PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



The fresh fruit, made into a syrup, is administered generally 

 in all disorders of the respiratory organs. 



Distribution : Cultivated throughout the Islands. 



Genus LAGENARIA 



LAGENARIA LEUCANTHA (Duch.) Rusby COMMON GoURD or tJPO, 



Local names: Barantiong (Albay) ; calabaza blanca (Spanish); goboi 

 (long variety: Pangasinan) ; kalahdha-majndi (Zambales) ; kcdabdsang- 

 piiti (Camarines Norte and Sur, Misamis) ; kalubai (Iloilo, Cuyo) ; kondol 

 (Cagayan) ; iabdiag (round variety: Manila, Camarines Sur, Marinduque) ; 

 iahidiong (long variety: Pangasinan) ; tubuiigau (both long and round 

 varieties: Ilocos Norte and Sur, Abra, Cagayan, Union; round variety: 

 Pangasinan, Zambales) ; opo or upo (Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Bulacan, 

 Tarlac, Bataan, Rizal, Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines Norte 

 and Sur, Leyte, Iloilo, Marinduque). 



The green fruit, prepared as a syrup, is employed as a pectoral. 

 Distribution : Cultivated in all provinces. 



Genus LUFFA 



LUFFA CYLINDRICA (L.) M. Roem. SONGE GoURD or PatOLANG Ligau. 



Local names: Batiitang-ndk (Rizal); kabatiti (Ilocos Norte, Ilocos 

 Sur, Abra, Cagayan, Union, Mountain, Zambales, Pangasinan) ; kabatiti- 

 ti-dso (Union) ; pepinillo de Sayi Gregorio (Spanish-Filipino) ; patolang 

 ligdu (Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Bulacan, Rizal, Bataan, Manila, Laguna, Cavite, 

 Batangas, Tayabas, Mindoro, Marinduque) ; tabobog (Tagalog) ; tabobok 

 (Tarlac, Bulacan). 



The dried fruit is steeped and the resulting liquid used as an 

 effective emetic. 



Distribution: This wild form occurs in many provinces. 



Genus MOMORDICA 

 MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. AmpALAYA. 



A description of this species and its local names are given 

 in the section on food plants. 



The sap of the leaves is used as a parasiticide, and the fruit 

 when macerated in oil as a vulnerary. 



MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS (Lour.) Spreng. TaB0G-6k. 



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

 the section on food plants. 



The seeds are used as a pectoral when pulverized or prepared 

 in the form of a decoction. 



Genus TRICHOSANTHES 



TRICHOSANTHES QU I NQUANGULATA A. Gray KatimbAu. 



Local names: Kabalonga (Laguna); kathnbdu (Benguet) ; patola-ai- 

 gaidng (Nueva Vizcaya) ; tabau-tabdu (Pangasinan) ; tabugok (Bulacan) ; 

 timon-timon (Abra). 



