Note 31 — Part II

Manungal (Samadera indica): “the wood is used in making cups which turn liquid placed in them bitter; the bitter substance has certain medicinal properties.” (Official Handbook of the Philippines, p. 353.) Blanco (who named this tree Manungala, but later Niota) says that this bitter principle is successfully used in cholera morbus; and Montero y Vidal (Archipiélago filipino, p. 77), that “it was as efficacious as Peruvian bark in fevers.” In the same work (pp. 389, 391) manungal is, apparently by some oversight, identified with the macabuhay (Tinospora), which latter name is also applied, according to Merrill’s Dictionary of Plant Names (p. 76) to Lunasia amara. ↑