Tuba or Poison Vine ((Engl.)
Derris elliptica (Wallich) Benth.
Antisepticvine or liana Height: 7-10m (2) Leaves: with rusty, pubescent apical shoots, often leafless for several meters, and with densely rusty hairy young leaflets (1), bear oblong, obovate-oblong, or oblanceolate leaflets that have cuneate to broadly cuneate base and shortly obtusely acuminate apex (2) Flowers: with pink to white flowers borne on axillary pseudoracemes (2) Fruits: Legume oblong or oblong-elliptical, with a narrow wing along both sides (1)
Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Wound. Preparation: Pound the leaves. Part used: Leaves | Stomach ache, Myoma (swelling of the lower abdomen and continuous bleeding). Preparation: Get fresh leaves. Part used: Leaves
Preparation
Pound the leaves | Get fresh leaves
Location & Habitat
REGION XIII (Caraga), AGUSAN DEL NORTE, CITY OF BUTUAN (Capital), cultivated, riparian, pastures, forest, climb over trees and fences
Research
Caraga State University: Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health of Butuanon in Butuan City
Quick Info
- Scientific Name
- Derris elliptica (Wallich) Benth.
- Local Name
- Tuba or Poison Vine ((Engl.)
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Category
- Antiseptic
- Date Collected
- Jun 28, 2026
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