Abaka (Bis.)

Abaka (Bis.)

Musa textiles L.

Antiseptic

Tree Height: Not Provided Leaves: Not provided Flowers: Not provided Fruits: Not provided

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Himughat. Preparation: Collect 7 pcs roots, wash and boil to 3-5 glasses of water. Part used: Roots | Wound. Preparation: Boil one and a half of Abaca leaves in 4 glasses of water for 15 minutes, let it cool.. Part used: Leaf | Hematemesis. Preparation: get 1 full shoot of abaka, pound, squeeze to extract juice, use 1/4 glass of extracted juice. Part used: Shoots | Wounds. Preparation: Squeeze abaca trunk and drop juice to the open wound.. Part used: Stem | Wounds. Preparation: Squeeze abaca trunk , place drops unto the open wound. Part used: Trunk | Headache, bughat. Preparation: boil 5 pcs roots in 5 glasses of water, keep boiling for 15-20 minutes. Part used: Roots | Wounds. Preparation: Collect banana suckers. Part used: Suckers | Hemoptysis. Preparation: Pound stem.. Part used: Stem | Bughat. Preparation: boil 7 pcs roots 1 inc each cut in 2 glasses water , keep boiling until 1 glass left. Part used: Roots | Fever. Preparation: minced a handful of abaca roots, put some water. If the extract is already colored brown, remove from the pot.. Part used: Roots | Wounds. Preparation: Collect banana suckers from forest, scrape the skin of the banana sucker. Part used: Suckers | Bughat. Preparation: Wash the roots thoroughly. Boil plenty of roots in 3 glasses of water until 1, a half of glasses of water is retained.. Part used: Roots | Bughat. Preparation: Boil 3 clean roots in 3 glasses of water.. Part used: Roots

Preparation

Collect 7 pcs roots, wash and boil to 3-5 glasses of water | Boil one and a half of Abaca leaves in 4 glasses of water for 15 minutes, let it cool. | get 1 full shoot of abaka, pound, squeeze to extract juice, use 1/4 glass of extracted juice | Squeeze abaca trunk and drop juice to the open wound. | Squeeze abaca trunk , place drops unto the open wound | boil 5 pcs roots in 5 glasses of water, keep boiling for 15-20 minutes | Collect banana suckers | Pound stem. | boil 7 pcs roots 1 inc each cut in 2 glasses water , keep boiling until 1 glass left | minced a handful of abaca roots, put some water. If the extract is already colored brown, remove from the pot. | Collect banana suckers from forest, scrape the skin of the banana sucker | Wash the roots thoroughly. Boil plenty of roots in 3 glasses of water until 1, a half of glasses of water is retained. | Boil 3 clean roots in 3 glasses of water.

Location & Habitat

REGION XI (DAVAO REGION), DAVAO DEL SUR, CITY OF DAVAO, Tropical lower montane rainforest

Research

Kinasang'an Foundation Inc: Documentation of Medicinal Plants and Healing Rituals of the Obu-Manuvu Tribe of Marilog District, Davao City.

Additional Images

Abaka (Bis.)
Abaka (Bis.)
Abaka (Bis.)

Quick Info

Scientific Name
Musa textiles L.
Local Name
Abaka (Bis.)
Family
Musaceae
Category
Antiseptic
Date Collected
Jun 28, 2026