Comments on: Lipote / Igot / Bahag

By: Ogie

Ogie — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:32:20 +0000

Hi! I really miss the taste of this delicious fruit “baligang”. We usually eat this with salt and sugar and were normally available in the market of Polangui, a town in Albay, Bicol Region. Anyone who knows where to buy this fruit now? Thanks!

By: luz

luz — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:43:37 +0000

I’m a graduating student in RTU here in Mandaluyong city and my thesis is about the lipote fruits but i have a certain problem because it’s hard for me to find a lipote fruits as my sample in my experiment. Guys please help me to find the lipote friuts a soon as possible so that i can start doing my papers and experiments. Thanks!

By: nonoy

nonoy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:00:17 +0000

I’m from Samar. We call it igot. We had a small tree in our yard, and there were huge igot trees in our neighbor’s yard. Its purple or bloody red juice may stain your clothes, and the stain is difficult or impossible to remove. I believe it has a very high antioxidant content or ORAC rating. We usually eat it with salt, or adding sugar and shaking it.

By: Janete

Janete — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:43:48 +0000

I’m from Camarines Sur (Calabanga)and we call this amhi. Never knew some other names for this until I saw this post. Climbing our neighbor’s tree (w/ or w/o permission, LOL) is a fond childhood memory. I prefer adding salt while shaking it vigorously. Just watch out for the juice, it stains even your fingers. I am hoping to plant this tree and some other childhood trees that seem to be disappearing when we move back to the Philippines. Thanks for this post MM!

By: christianne

christianne — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:40:30 +0000

hey guys!we have this tree (lipote)in our backyard here in fairview.My mom plant it. because she said she used to ate it when she was young. it taste soury but when you shake it in with salt.it become sweet.this fruit is abundant in our province in pitogo, Quezon it season in may to july.