Useful plants of the Alangan Mangyans of Halcon Range, Mindoro Island, Philippines
2018
Villanueva, E.L.C.
Quantitative studies on plant use by the local people has been slowly growing in the Philippines, yet the application of this field has not been fully utilized in a Philippine setting. This study documented the useful plants of the Alangan Mangyan community in Paitan, Naunjan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. Based from the face-to-face interview of 60 key informants informant interviews, this study recorded 199 local names of plants classified into different uses. Results showed that there were more cultivated than wild plant species for food, fodder, medicine and firewood use categories, while more wild than cultivated species were recorded for construction and timber use categories. The present knowledge on the use of plants is reflective of the changing subsistence strategies over time, as a result of population pressure and influence of the outside social environment.
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