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Ant plant (Engl.)

Ant plant (Engl.)

Hydnophytum formicarum Jack.

Skin

It is an epiphytic shrub with a tuber at its base. Its fleshy tuber is irregularly lobed, brown. Height: 15–20 cm across, tunneled, and perforated where ants would reside. Leaves: Leaves are opposite, thick, elliptic-obovate, 4 to 10 centimeters long, rounded or very bluntly pointed at the tip, and wedged-shaped at the base. Flowers: Flowers are solitary or few fascicled, borne in the leaf axils, pale white, about 6 millimeters long. Corolla is salver-shaped, about 5 millimeters long, cylindric, with four tufts of hairs in the throat. Fruits: Fruit is juicy, yellowish-red when ripe, broadly ovoid, and about 5 centimeters long.

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Antidote for any types of cancers, tumor, goiter. Preparation: Chop the whole plant into small pieces. Expose it into the sun to make it dry. Boil in 1 liter of water for 10 minutes.. Part used: Whole part of the plant, fleshy part

Preparation

Chop the whole plant into small pieces. Expose it into the sun to make it dry. Boil in 1 liter of water for 10 minutes.

Location & Habitat

REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, LAZI, It grows on trees in lowland evergreen, montane, peat swamp, heath, and beach forests. | REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, LAZI, It grows on trees in lowland evergreen, montane, peat swamp, heath, and beach forests.

Research

Siquijor State College: Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health: FOLK HEALING PRACTICES of SIQUIJOR ISLAND: Phase 3

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Ant plant (Engl.)
Ant plant (Engl.)

Quick Info

Scientific Name
Hydnophytum formicarum Jack.
Local Name
Ant plant (Engl.)
Family
Rubiaceae
Category
Skin
Collected By
Jovencio M. Manga (healer); Cesario P. Orong (mangalalap); Edwin D. Castillon (mangalalap)
Date Collected
Nov 15, 2018
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