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Angguat PRODUCT NAME

Bidens chinensis Willd. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Angguat
Local Name: Anguar (Nueva Viscaya); Angguat (Benguet); Purpurikit (Ilocos Norte); Tagob (Mindoro).
Family: Compositae
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Product Description: An herb about a meter in height, with yellow flowers and lobed, toothed leaves.
NTFP Classification: Exudates and extracts

DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: Philippines
Description: This species is distributed from northern Luzon to Mindanao

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: other
Uses: The Igorots of Benguet mix this plant with half-boiled grains of rice in making rice wine, or tafei
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Partners: Bureau of Forestry, Philippines

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