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Salagisog PRODUCT NAME

Cibotium barametz (Linn.) Sm. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Salagisog
Local Name: Salagisog (Camarines).
Family: Cyatheaceae
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Product Description: A large fern. The lower parts of the leaf stalks are covered with long –golden-yellow hairs
NTFP Classification: Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics

DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: Philippines
Description: This species is distributed in the mountains from Luzon to Mindanao

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: leaves, leaflets
Uses: The long hairs of the leaflets are used in preparations for coagulating the blood to capillary hemorrhages
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Partners: Bureau of Forestry, Philippines

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