184 MINOR PRODUCTS OF PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



Family AMARANTHACEAE 



Genus ACHYRANTHES 



ACHYRANTHES ASPERA L. RAG-RAGADI. 



Local names: Angud (Pampanga) ; garem (Ilocos Sur) ; guella (Palaui 

 Island) ; hdngog (Balabac Island) ; hdngor (Tagalog, Bisaya) ; hangot 

 (Tagalog) ; hdngug (Mindoro, Bulacan) ; higad-Mgad, igad-igad (Ilocos 

 Norte); libai (Tagalog) ; rag-ragddi (Pangasinan) ; sardmo (Bisaya). 



A decoction of the leaves and roots of this plant is used 

 locally as a diuretic. 



The sap is said to be useful in dissipating the opacity of the 

 cornea. 



Distribution : Throughout the Philippines at low and medium 

 altitudes, a weed in open waste places. 



Genus AERUA 

 AERUA LANATA (L.) Juss. Kaelakem. 



Local names: Karlakem (Union); pamainap (Mindoro). 



A decoction of this! plant is a very efficacious diuretic, and 

 is said to be useful in catarrh of the bladder and in gonorrhea. 



Distribution: Union, Central Luzon provinces, Mindoro, and 

 the Visayas. 



Genus AMARANTH US 



AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS L. KaluNAI. 



Local names: Akum (Cotabato) ; ardi (Batangas) ; ayantoto (P'am- 

 panga) ; ba'uan (Bontoc) ; bayambdng (Mindoro) ; iting-iting (Davao) ; 

 kalunai (Uoko) ; karlunoi (Uoko in Bontoc) ; kuantdng (Uoko) ; kulitis, 

 kilitis (Tagalog) ; oori (Polillo) ; eiitan (Union) ; urdi (Mindoro, Tayabas). 



A decoction of the root is useful in the treatment of gonorrhea. 



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

 Vizcaya, Union, Nueva Ecija, Manila, Laguna, Tayabas, Min- 

 doro, Polillo, Palawan, Davao, Cotabato. 



Genus C ELDS I A 

 CELOSIA ARGENTEA L. KAdAi6han. 



Local names: Kadaiohan, (Tagalog); sansandok (Ilocos Norte); tagug- 

 hug (Occidental Negros). 



The seeds when in a decoction, or as fine powder, are con- 

 sidered antidiarrhetic and aphrodisiac. The leaves are edible, 

 but are not eaten by women during menstruation. 



Distribution: Cagayan, Ilocos Norte and Sur, Benguet, 

 Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, Manila, Laguna, Tayabas, 

 Mindoro, Negros, Bohol, Palawan, Lanao, Davao. 



