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Anos (Tag.)

Anos (Tag.)

Schizostachyum lima (Blanco) Merr.

Skin

An evergreen bamboo Height: Culm erect with drooping tip, 8 - 13 meters tall Leaves: Leaf blade 19-30 cm × 3.5-7 cm, glabrous above, glabrescent below; sheath glabrous; ligule short, irregularly toothed; auricles short with long bristles. Flowers: Inflorescence up to 20 cm long, terminating leafy branches or borne on short leafless branches; pseudospikelets in groups of few to several at each node of the flowering axis; spikelet 12-15 mm long, slender, glabrous, one-flowered with a rachilla extension bearing a rudimentary floret (sometimes absent). Fruits: Not provided

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Hypertension (high blood), Hilanat (fever) at Bughat (a little more than relapse). Preparation: Collect enough number of leaves and boil in 3-5 glasses of water for 10 minutes.. Part used: Leaves

Preparation

Collect enough number of leaves and boil in 3-5 glasses of water for 10 minutes.

Location & Habitat

REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, LAZI, Forest, forest margins, along rivers or river banks, or spontaneously on roadsides, wasteland or near villages. | REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, LAZI, Forest, forest margins, along rivers or river banks, or spontaneously on roadsides, wasteland or near villages.

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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Anos (Tag.)
Anos (Tag.)
Anos (Tag.)

Quick Info

Scientific Name
Schizostachyum lima (Blanco) Merr.
Local Name
Anos (Tag.)
Family
Poaceae
Category
Skin
Collected By
Jovencio M. Manga (healer); Cesario P. Orong (mangalalap); Edwin D. Castillon (mangalalap)
Date Collected
Jul 20, 2018
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