Duhat is a local Philippine fruit that’s commonly referred to in English as Java plum. Continue reading “DUHAT”
mga prutas
What fruits are widely available in the Philippines?
Kabilang sa mga paboritong prutas ng mga Pilipino ay ang makopa, saging, mangga, pakwan, tsiko, mabolo…
ATIS
Atis is a very popular fruit in the Philippines, as well as in other Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand.
This fruit has been called custard apple, sweetsop, and sugar-apple in English. A similar fruit is anonas.
Scientific name: Annona squamosa
PAKWAN
scientific name: Citrullus lanatus / Citrullus vulgaris
SAMPALOK
ARATILES
Scientific name: Muntingia calabura
Variations on spelling: aratilis, aratiles, aratalis
A tree whose individual fruits resemble American cranberries, which are from shrubs.
DALANDAN
This word is from the Spanish naranja (meaning: orange).
The Tagalog word dalandan refers to a variety of citrus fruit native to the Philippines.
The scientific name of the fruit that Filipinos refer to as dalandan is Citrus aurantium. It had also been known by these scientific names in the past: Citrus vulgaris Risso, Citrus longispina Wester and Citrus sinensis Osbeck. Continue reading “DALANDAN”
ALIMURAN
Also known as rattan fruit.
