228 MINOR PRODUCTS OP PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



A tea made from the leaves is used for bathing cuts and sores ; 

 also for the treatment of cholera. The leaves are applied to 

 wounds and boils. The leaves in decoction are used as a pectoral 

 and as antiscabious. The sap of the leaves mixed with salt is 

 said to be useful for clearing the vision. The plant is said to be 

 also used for ear and skin diseases. 



Distribution : Batanes Islands to Basilan. 



Genus ROT U LA 

 ROTULA AQUATICA Lour. BUNTUT-BuAlA. 



Local names: Aposotes (Basilan); buntut-budia (Bulacan) ; kuMtai 

 (Tagalog) ; makabra, puntalefdnte (Negros) ; tdkad (Rizal) ; trompali- 

 pdnti (Hollo). • 



The stems are used in decoction as a sudorific and diuretic. 

 Distribution : Cagayan to Basilan, 



Genus TOURNEFORTIA 

 TOURNEFORTIA SARMENTOSA Lam. Salsailakapu. 



Local names: Kalangungug (Bisaya) ; salsallakdpu (Union). 



The leaves are specially employed in destroying the larvae 

 found in the ulcers of cattle. 



Distribution: In most or all islands and provinces from Ba- 

 buyanes Islands and northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. 



Genus TRICHODESMA 

 TRICHODESMA INDICUM (L.) R. Br. 



This species is used in the same manner as is the following. 

 Distribution: Rizal, Laguna. 



TRICHODESMA ZEYLANICUM (Burm. f.) R. Br. DiLANG-UsA. 



Local names: DiUmg-usd (Tagalog) ; mabulo (Rizal). 



The flowers are employed by natives, instead of those of Bo- 

 rago officinalis, as a sudorific and pectoral. 



Distribution: Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Pampanga, Rizal, Ma- 

 nila, Laguna. 



Family VERBENACEAE 



Genus AVICENNIA 

 AVICENNIA OFFICINALIS L. API-API. 



A description and figures of this species and its local names 

 are given in the section on mangrove swamps. 



A resin from the sap wood is used locally on snake bites. The 

 seeds cooked with water are used as maturative poultices, and 

 as a cicatrizant of ulcers. 



