Niyog-niyogan

Family Combretaceae

Scientific name:  Quisqualis indica L.

 Local names:    

               balitadham (Bis)                       talolong (Tag, IIk)

               Bonor (P. Bis)                                talulong (Ibn)

               Burma creeper (Engl)               talulung (Ibn)

               Kasunbal (Bik)                             tangolo (Tag, Bik)

               Chinese honeysuckle (Engl)   tangulo (Bik)

               Liane (vermifuge (Engl)            tangulon (SL Bis)

               Pinion (Bis)                                      tartaraok (Bik)

               Piñones (C. Bis)                             tartarau (IIk)

               Rangoon creeper (Engl)           taungon (Mbo)

               Tagarau (Tag)                             tororoak (tag)

               Tagulo (Tag)                yesterday, today, tomorrow (Engl)

               Tanglon (Bik)

 Traditional uses:

   Fruit

            Eaten to expel intestinal worm.

 Recommended medicinal use:

            For intestinal parasitism: Eat dried at suppertime.

            Adults:  8-10 nuts

            Children:  9-12 years old:  6-7 nuts

                             6-8 years old:  5-6 nuts

                              4-5 years old:  4-5 nuts

Botanical and Agricultural Characteristics

            Habit:  Vine

            Habitat:  Found in thickets and open waste places

            Propagation:  Seed or cutting