Thursday, December 7, 2023

Whip Vine/False Rattan/Baling-uai (Flagellaria indica)

Whip Vine/False Rattan or locally known as Baling-uai (Flagellaria indica). This is an important climber utilized mostly as a supplementary aid or a tying material. 

It is also used for basketry, in making fish traps, nets, and ropes. It is also a food source as its young leafy shoots cooked and eaten as vegetable. Stems yield a sweet sap and chewed like sugar cane. 



Baling-uai also has its own medicinal benefits. Study evaluated the antioxidant capacities of leaves of Flagellaria indica and phytochemical constituents of six different extracts.



**Photo of finished product made of Baling-uai CTTO. For reference only.



More interesting climber species at BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM.





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