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White gourd, or ash gourd, popularly known as “Kundol” in the Philippines, is one of the favorite vegetable eaten by many Filipinos. In some Chinese restaurants, white gourd or kundol…

Jute Mallow (Corchurus olitorious L.), natural jute or Jew’s mallow, popularly known as “Saluyot” in the Philippines, ever-present on the dining tables of the Ilocanos and the Tagalogs in Northern…

Ipomoea aquatica is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable. It is known in English as Water Spinach, Water Morning Glory, Water Convolvulus, or by the more ambiguous…

The calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), popularly known as “Upo” in the Philippines, is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as…

Arrowroot, or obedience plant (Maranta arundinacea), popularly known as “Uraro” and is widely cultivated in the Philippines for its starchy rhizomes. It is a low perennial herbaceous plant with thick,…

Turkey or Domesticated turkey is a large poultry bird. The modern domesticated turkey descends from the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), one of the two species of turkey (genus Meleagris); in…

Sugar Apple or Sweetsop (Annona squamosa) is a species of Annona native to the tropical Americas, India and Pakistan. Its exact native range is unknown due to extensive cultivation, but…

Melons belong to the Cucurbitaceae family. The plant grows in the form of a vine. It is basically a fruit, but some of it forms may be taken as ‘culinary…

A grape is the non-climacteric fruit, botanically a true berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or used…

Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds in the pheasant family Phasianidae. New World quails (family Odontophoridae) and buttonquails (family Turnicidae) are not closely related but…