Malbas (Tag.)

Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet

Skin

A perennial, half-woody, branched, erect shrub. Height: Up to 2.5m in height. Leaves: Leaves simple, circular-ovate or heart-shaped, 5-12cm long and wide; both sides softly velvety-pubescent, alternately arranged, with coarsely crenate-serrate margins. Petiole 2-4cm, stipules subulate, 1-2mm, curved outward. Flowers: Flowers solitary, yellow, 2-3cm across, axillary. Petals 5, triangular-ovate, 7-8mm, imbricate, deltoid-obovate, staminal-tube hirsute with stellate hairs. Pedicels 4-7cm; articulate near apex, grey stellate puberulent. Calyx green, ovate & apiculate, lobes divided in the middle. Fruits: Fruits circular, flat topped, 1.5cm diameter, black, with 11-20 radiating carpels, each carpel flattened, somewhat boat shaped. Fruits are hispid, long stellate scabrous, with awns erect.

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Hubag (boils) at Apoy-apoy (red, swollen spots). Preparation: Collect enough number of leaves and crush it by hand.. Part used: Leaves

Preparation

Collect enough number of leaves and crush it by hand.

Location & Habitat

REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, LAZI, Open areas and uncultivated land, in thickets and waste places, gardens or backyards | REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, LAZI, Open areas and uncultivated land, in thickets and waste places, gardens or backyards

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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Quick Info

Scientific Name: Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet
Local Name: Malbas (Tag.)
Family: Malvaceae
Category: Skin
Collected By: Jovencio M. Manga (healer); Cesario P. Orong (mangalalap); Edwin D. Castillon (mangalalap)
Date Collected: Nov 29, 2018

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