Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the Mamanwa tribe of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines

Abstract. Nuneza OM, Rodriguez BC, Nasiad JGM. 2021. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the Mamanwa tribe Surigao del Norte and Agusan Norte, Mindanao, Philippines. Biodiversitas 22: 3284-3296. Traditional knowledge on plays an important role in public healthcare development drugs. In Philippines, studies ethnomedicinal have increased throughout years. However, documentation ethnobotanical Mindanao is few mostly focused other well-known tribes. This study was carried out to document Mamanwas ten Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) Ethnomedicinal information plant parts used, different modes preparation, mode utilization gathered from 143 local informants through informal interviews semi-structured questionnaires. Seventy-eight species under 70 genera 42 families were documented treat various ailments their communities. Family Asteraceae held dominance with that reported uses. Out 78 species, trees constituted largest proportion 32 cover 41%. terms leaves are frequently constituting 46%. As decoction (40%) ranked highest followed poultice (18%) heating over fire (14%). Documentation valuable will help preserve vanishing tradition cultural communities utilization.