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Table 1 Non-wood forest products used in Manaile, Dumanguena, Palawan
| Frequency of use (no. of households) | Uses | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name/Family | Visayan Common name | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Yearly | Food | Medicine | Fiber |
| ANACARDIACEAE | ||||||||
| Dracontomelum edule (Blanco) Skeels (from Phil. Her. vol.1) – alauihau | halowihaw/alauihau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | x | ||
| Mangifera altissima Blanco | pao/paho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | x | x | |
| Mangifera indica L. | Mangga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | x | x | |
| Mangifera odorata Griffith | wani/huani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | |
| Semecarpus longifolius Blume or Semecarpus gigantifolia Vidal | anagas/kasoy-kasoy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | x | ||
| ARACEAE | ||||||||
| Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott | gabi/dagmay | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | x | ||
| ARAUCARIACEAE | ||||||||
| Agathis philippinensis Warb./Agathis dammara (Lamb.) L. C. Rich. | almaciga/sahing/salung | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||
| ARECACEAE | ||||||||
| Oncosperma tigillaria Ridl. | Anibong | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | x | x | |
| Orania decipiens Becc. | Banga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | x | x | |
| Arenga ambong Becc. or *Arenga brevipes | batbat | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | x | x | |
| BOMBACEAEAE | ||||||||
| Durio zibethinus Murray | wild durian | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | x | ||
| BORGINACEAE | ||||||||
| Ehretia acuminate | Anonang | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | x | ||
| CONVOLVULACEAE | ||||||||
| Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lamk. | kamoteng bagin | 0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | x | ||
| CRASSULACEAE | ||||||||
| Kalanchoe pinnata (Lmk) Pers. | anheliko/anhelika | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | x | ||
| CYCADACEAE | ||||||||
| Cycas circinalis L. | petogo (sago) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | x | ||
| DIOSCOREACEAE | ||||||||
| Dioscorea hispida Dennst. | kayos (kuyot?) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | x | ||
| Dioscorea pentaphylla L. | Sapang | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | x | ||
| DRYOPTERIDACEAE | ||||||||
| Athyrium esculentum Copeland | Pako | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | x | ||
| EUPHORBIACEAE | ||||||||
| Mallotus auriculatus Merr. | Kamanian | |||||||
| Mallotus pseudopenangenensis | beri/beli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | x | ||
| GNETICEAE | ||||||||
| Gnetum gnemon L. Var. gnemon | Bago | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | x | ||
| FLACOURTIACEAE | ||||||||
| Caesaria fuliginosa (Blanco) Blanco | luyong-luyong | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | x | ||
| GRAMINEAE | ||||||||
| tapikan (bamboo) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | x | x | ||
| Bambusa sp., Schizostachyum spp. | Kawayan | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | x | x | |
| GUTTIFERAE | ||||||||
| Garcinia benthami Pierre or Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.)Kurz. | Bunog | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | x | ||
| Garcinia binucao (Blanco) Choisy or Garcinia lateriflora Blume | kandis/kindis | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | x | x | |
| LAMIACEAE | ||||||||
| Mentha cordifolia Opiz. | herba Buena | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | x | ||
| LEGUMINOCEAE | ||||||||
| Cajanus indicus Sprengel | Kadyos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | x | ||
| MENISPERMACEAE | ||||||||
| Arcangelisia flava (L.) Merr. | albatra/albutra | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | x | ||
| Cocculus cordifolius-medicinal boost to autoimmune system | Makabuhay | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | x | ||
| MORACEAE | ||||||||
| Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamk. | nangka/langka | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | x | ||
| Litsea perrottetii (Blume) F. – Vill (Laur.) or Artocarpus odoratissimus Blanco | Marang | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | x | ||
| MYRTACEAE | ||||||||
| Eugenia cymosa | labak/beraho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | x | ||
| Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels | duhat/lumbay/lomboy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | x | ||
| MUSACEAE | ||||||||
| Musa L. | Saging | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | x | ||
| ORCHIDACEAE | ||||||||
| Orchids | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| OXALIDACEAE | ||||||||
| Averrhoa bilimbi L. | Kamias | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | x | ||
| PALMAE | ||||||||
| Calamus sp. | yantok/rattan | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | x | x | |
| Calamus ornatus Blume | Alimuran | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | x | ||
| SAPINDACEAE | ||||||||
| Nephelium lappaceum L. | manti (Tagbanua name) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | x | ||
| Nephelium lappaceum L. | Rambutan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | x | ||
| Guioa acuminata Radlk. | Pasi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | x | ||
| SAPOTACEAE | ||||||||
| Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni | Tisa | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | x | ||
| SCHIZAEACEAE | ||||||||
| Lygodium circinnatum (Burm.) Swartz | Nito | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | x | x | x |
| STILAGINACEAE | ||||||||
| Antidesma bunius (L.) Sprengel | Bignay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | x | ||
| TILLIACEAE | ||||||||
| Muntingia calabura L. | Seresas | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | x | ||
| Others: | ||||||||
| Dimonorops curranii | pitpit/pitpiton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | x | ||
| Emilia marivelensis | libhon/libun | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | x | ||
| Lentinus sp. | kulat/alasan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | x | ||
| Melodinus luzonensis | Tabo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | x | ||
| Balisangkad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | x | |||
| Banga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | x | |||
| Palawan gabi | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | x | |||
| Karngangyan | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | x | |||
| Kulumbi | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | x | |||
| laba/balokawe | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | x | |||
| Lampanaya | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | x | |||
| Lipso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | x | |||
| pakpak lawin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | x | |||
| Pal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | |||
| Palawan durian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | x | |||
| sangi/pangi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | x | |||
| santol-santol | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | x | |||
| Tagumo | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | x | |||
| Tuge | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | x | |||
| wild gabi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | x | |||
