ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
— This study conducted an ethnobotanical survey for documenting of the medicinal plants that the Ayta Mag-indi community uses within Nabuclod, Floridablanca, Pampanga, and for comprehension of how they transmit this customary knowledge during modernization. Using a qualitative descriptive research design with an ethnobotanical approach, we gathered data from local healers, elders, and knowledgeable community members via plant collection, field observations, and semi-structured interviews. Ayta Mag-indi depend greatly on several medicinal plants like Lagundi, Buyo, Orosip, Anonas, Lunas-bagon, Malatungaw, Halagati, Oliba, and Tanglad to address frequent diseases like respiratory illnesses, skin conditions, digestive issues, hypertension, and irregular menstruation according to the data. Families mainly pass down the knowledge for these plants by word of mouth. They also teach the preparation methods (e.g., boiling leaves for tea, direct application of crushed material) via hands-on practice. However, the study also highlights important concerns that younger generations become less interested since they are exposed to modern education and pharmaceuticals, besides medicinal plants become less available because deforestation, climate change, and overharvesting occur. This valuable ethnobotanical heritage is one that requires the urgent documentation, the cultural preservation, and the biodiversity conservation. Future people will find it is safe because of actions like those.