Comments on: Care to Identify This?! :)

By: mel

mel — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:37:35 +0000

hi, i know this fruit. this is called pano-on here in siargao island. it is abundant in the mountains. when i was a kid i loved to eat a lot of these but now, i seldom see this being sold in our town. do you have information as how to culture this? or any botanical information?
thanks!

By: AC

AC — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:55:07 +0000

My wife told me it is pino-on, We talk about this so we did a little search in google for an image and we have seen this… And also Fairy Fruit is an english name for this also since the kids will ask permission to the fairies before the get the fruit. ^_^

By: aireen

aireen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:35:47 +0000

my uncle told me that bunga or flower daw yan ng nipa

By: Axel Dalberg Poulsen

Axel Dalberg Poulsen — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:49:40 +0000

The fruits in the picture comes from the ginger genus Hornstedtia but without flowers I cannot identify the species.

Hornstedtia is well known to have edible and delicious fruits: Borneo harbours more than 10 species many of which are known to have edible fruits or other interesting uses.

I have also tried eating fruits of H. scottiana in New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia where they are one of the preferred bush fruits of the indigenous peoples.
There are some high resolution images of H. scottiana at https://virtuelgalathea3.dk/node/1119
Sorry, the pages are in Danish. Note that this species does not occur in Philippines which harbours at least 5 other species Hornstedtia.

By: blitzeer

blitzeer — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:29:19 +0000

this is just great! “yutukon” yes.Hec, that is exactly the same pics you have. the fruit taste tangy but on the sweeter side and the soft part that protects the seeds reminds you of strawberry or mangosteen. Yes, and the smell, borders that of basil & lemongrass, you just got to love this fruit. i used to eat this when i was small, grew up in victorias too “Alemrac”.

By: ApplesH

ApplesH — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:29:04 +0000

Hmm… interesting! MM, where did you get this? I am guessing its not really sold here in the city?

By: chris

chris — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:10:13 +0000

i had this fruit when my mother’s boarder from infanta brought some home to give us a taste of it. its covered by several layers of husk and to get to the edible part, you peel a thin film before eating the tart seeds. forgot the name but have been looking for it. some tastes you just dont forget and trigger happy memories. we had fun eating those though they were messy!

By: Lannie

Lannie — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:23:46 +0000

MM – I just love your blog! Unlike run-of-the-mill ‘recipe’ blogs, there’s a lot of info and ‘personality’ in this blog. I too immediately through of puso ng saging with your photo and although I can’t contribute to what it is… I’m having a blast seeing the other comments/discussion on this :)

By: millet

millet — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:50:05 +0000

my helper had long been telling me about this fruit that is common where she comes from, which is the mountains of davao del sur. she belongs to the “ka-ulo” tribe, and she says they call this “panon”. i could never imagine the fruit based on her decriptions alone.

when i saw this post, i thought this could be it, and when i showed her the photos and asked if she recognized them, she said, “that’s it, that’s the one i’ve been telling you about!” she promises to bring me back some when she goes home next month.

By: Gener

Gener — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:24:18 +0000

I have seen and tasted myself this fruit you called “yotucon” The tree is like ginger with an abaca leaf and height at approximate 3meters and stands like in single file,,fruits can be found together with its roots and sometimes in bunch of 6 pieces or less. they simply called it in ilocano “BANAY” and mostly found on the grassy land or near ponds. not many people knows about this fruit and only those who has curiousity taste may eat it..its a not so pleasant fruit to eat anyway as its seeds taste like a tangy-bitter sour, only that ozzing grease-like coat is sweet and pleasant to eat…By the way! This is really a wild fruit indeed! most of people lived near it dont even know its existence! kids makes the discoveries…I though im the only one who knows it, now i proved that im wrong….