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DIPOLOG TROPICAL
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9. Durian (Durio zibethinus) The family Bombacaceae is best known for showy flowers and woody or thin-shelled pods filled with small seeds and silky or cottonlike fiber. The durian, is considered as the King of tropical fruits and is the most important native fruit of southeastern Asia
and neighboring islands. The durian is believed to be
native to Borneo and Sumatra. It is found wild or semi-wild in South Tenasserim, Lower Burma, and around villages in peninsular Malaya, and is commonly cultivated along roads or in orchards from southeastern India. The durian is grown to a limited extent in the southern Philippines, particularly in the Provinces of Mindanao and
Sulu.
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10. Calamansi (Citrofortunella mitis) (family
RUTACEAE) Also called as calamondin orange; Chinese, or China, orange; Panama orange; golden lime; scarlet lime; and, in the Philippines,
kalamondin, kalamunding, kalamansi, calamansi,
limonsito, or agridulce.
Malayan names are limau kesturi ("musk lime") and limau chuit. In
Thailand it is ma-nao-wan. The calamondin is believed native to China and thought to have been taken in early times to the Philippines. It became the most important Citrus juice source in the Philippine
It is a use as ornamental dooryard tree in
Hawaii.
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11. Labana (Annona muricata) (soursop, guanabana) Of the 60 or more species of the genus Annona, family
Annonaceae, A small tree,
rarely much over 15 ft. tall. Leaves rather pale green,
elliptic, rounded but apiculate or obtusely pointed at
apex, rounded or narrowed at base, sepals quite thick,
valvate; outer petals cordate at base; fruit oblong or
somewhat curved, sometimes as much as 30 cm long, the
surface beset with regularly well-spaced short slightly
curved spines, of moderately firm texture, green; flesh
juicy, acid, whitish; seeds It became well established at an early date in the
Philippines.
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12.Tambis
(Syzygium aqueum) (family Myrtaceae). The water apple is the least of the small group of somewhat similar fruits of the genus, also known as watery rose apple,
In the Philippines, it is called tambis. The water apple occurs naturally from southern India to eastern Malaysia. It is commonly cultivated in India, southeastern Asia, and Indonesia. In the Philippines, it grows as though wild in the Provinces of Mindanao,
Basilan, Dinagat and Samar.
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13. Sambag
(Tamarindus indica) (Tamarind) Of all the fruit trees of the tropics, none is more widely distributed nor more appreciated as an ornamental than the tamarind, of the family
Leguminosae.
Native to tropical Africa, the tree grows wild throughout the Sudan and was so long ago introduced into and adopted in India that it
has often been
reported as indigenous there also, and it was apparently from this Asiatic country that it reached the Persians and the Arabs who called it "tamar hindi" (Indian date, from the date-like appearance of the dried pulp), giving rise to both its common and generic names.
It is widely cultivated and use as seasoning in the
Philippines for its sour taste.
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14. Bayabas (Psidium guajava) (guava) One of the most gregarious of fruit trees of the myrtle family
(Myrtaceae), is almost universally known by its common English name or its equivalent in other languages. In Spanish, the tree is
guayabo, or guayavo, the fruit guayaba or
guyava. Its origin is uncertain, but it is believed to be an area extending from southern Mexico into or through Central America.
In the Philippines it is called bayabas, and
its widely cultivated. It grows wild in the countryside
where bird feed on it. It is been canned made into a
Jelly by the Filipinos
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15. Lansones (Lansium domesticum Corr) Family Meliaceae, the langsat, is also known as
lansa, langseh, langsep, lanzon, lanzone, lansone. The langsat originated in western Malaysia and is common both wild and cultivated throughout the asia
and on the island of Luzon and Mindanao in
the Philippines where the fruits are very popular
and the tree is being utilized in reforestation of hilly areas. The fruits are plentiful on local
markets specially in the City of Zamboanga. It is
seasonal and abundant in the month of October.
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Gooseberry PHYLLANTHUS ACIDUS L. Phyllanthus
distichus, Wild plum, Iba, Malay
gooseberry, Family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family).
A small tropical tree with ovate leaves that grows up to
30 feet high. Tahitian gooseberry bears fruit in
abundance on the branches.
It has reddish flowers and pale-yellow waxy fruit, 3/4 -
1" thick and is 6-8 ridged. The yellow fruit of the
Tahitian gooseberry is edible and tastes sour; it is one
of the few members of the Euphorbiaceae family that has
edible fruit. The tart flesh is used as a flavoring in
Suriname.
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Iba Averrhoa Bilimbi.
cucumber tree, Family:
oxalidaceae, averrhoaceae The cucumber tree is very
closely related to the carambola (Balingbing) but it
differs in appearance, flavor, The tree reaches a
height of 16 to 35 ft and has a short trunk dividing
into upright branches. The fruit emerge directly from
the trunk, often in clusters. The origin of this plant
is Indonesia and too acid for eating raw. |
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