With respect to the diversity of many plant taxa the Philippines is one of the world’s most species-rich countries. However, the use of plants by indigenous people in the archipelago has been underreported. Nowadays, indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants is increasingly declining and as more plants are lost and so is the awareness of their importance to humanity. Ethnobotanical studies are therefore important to explore these diverse biological tools for medicinal purposes. The purpose of this study was to record the traditional knowledge of the Talaandig tribe in Portulin, Pangantucan, Bukidnon, Philippines, with regard to the usage of medicinal plants to cure human illnesses and diseases. A total of 19 respondents including 8 men and 11 women were selected through semi-structured interviews and group discussions to gather ethnobotanical information by means of a stratified purposive sampling system and they were evaluated by descriptive statistics, use value (UV) and ranking methods. In total, 97 medicinal plants belonging to 46 families and 86 genera were recorded. The most numerous plant species were Poaceae (7 species), followed by Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae (6 species each). The dominant growth habit was herbs (40%), followed by trees (27%) with leaves (41%) as the most frequently used plant part which are commonly prepared as a decoction (45%), with internal (65%) as the main route of administration. Most of the documented ethnomedicinal plants were used to treat diseases of the respiratory system (16%), followed by diseases of the circulatory system (13%). Vitex negundo (0.7895) was considered as the most important medicinal plant in the community, followed by Psidium guajava (0.7368). This ethnobotanical study shows that many plant species play an important role in local healing practices and that in the Talaandig tribe of Portulin, Pangantucan, Bukidnon, knowledge of traditional medicine is still used and plays a significant role.

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具有益处的植物：菲律宾布基农、Pangantucan、Portulin 的 Talaandig 部落使用的民族药用植物

就许多植物分类群的多样性而言，菲律宾是世界上物种最丰富的国家之一。然而，该群岛土著人民对植物的使用却被低估了。如今，对药用植物的本土知识越来越少，随着越来越多的植物消失，人们对它们对人类重要性的认识也在下降。因此，民族植物学研究对于探索这些用于医疗目的的不同生物工具非常重要。本研究的目的是记录菲律宾 Bukidnon、Pangantucan、Portulin 的 Talaandig 部落关于使用药用植物治疗人类疾病的传统知识。通过半结构化访谈和小组讨论，共选出19名受访者，其中包括8名男性和11名女性，通过分层目的抽样系统收集民族植物学信息，并通过描述性统计、使用价值（UV）和排名方法进行评估。共记录药用植物46科86属97种。植物种类最多的是禾本科（7 种），其次是菊科、豆科和唇形科（各 6 种）。主要的生长习性是草本植物 (40%)，其次是树木 (27%)，其中叶 (41%) 是最常用的植物部分，通常制成汤剂 (45%)，内脏 (65%) 作为最常用的植物部分主要给药途径。大多数记录在案的民族药用植物用于治疗呼吸系统疾病（16%），其次是循环系统疾病（13%）。Vitex negundo (0.7895) 被认为是社区中最重要的药用植物，其次是 Psidium guajava (0.7368)。这项民族植物学研究表明，许多植物物种在当地治疗实践中发挥着重要作用，在 Portulin、Pangantucan、Bukidnon 的 Talaandig 部落中，传统医学知识仍在使用并发挥着重要作用。