Awareness on blue ternate flowers: Its beneficiality and utilization
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Awareness on blue ternate flowers: Its beneficiality and utilization
Abstract
Blue ternate is an underutilized flower in the Philippines despite empirical evidence of its benefits and utilization. In a selected barangay in Oroquieta City where blue ternate flowers were grown, people who know it commonly used it as tea while others grow it as influenced by others even without knowing its name or benefits. Hence, this study primarily aimed to determine the level of awareness of the residents of Brgy. Mobod, Oroquieta City on blue ternate, its benefits, and utilization. The researcher utilized a quantitative descriptive research design using a researcher-made questionnaire to survey 150 respondents who were residents of the barangay. Using a 5-point Likert scale, the data collected were analyzed and interpreted using weighted mean. The results revealed that the respondents are “somewhat aware” of blue ternate flowers, its benefits, and utilization with a weighted mean of 3.23, 3.15, and 3.18, respectively. These results clearly indicate that the level of awareness among the residents is insufficient.
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