Comments on: Mabolo / Kamagong http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:56:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: PETE M. BIRUNG http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-146956 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:32:29 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-146956 In Tuguegarao City where I grew up, mabolo(as we call it in ibanag or itawit) thrives in forested area . It is usually used as fencing post. Its fruits are delicious,sweet and the aroma is nostalgic- it reminds me of my innocent and carefree days when the barkada just climb the mabolo trees whoever owns it and unmindful of the many ants that thrives with the tree.But kids are kids, the elders just watched us and of course everyone then in the neighborhood was either your lola,lolo,auntie or uncle.Nowadays, mabolo trees are planted along the streets and seldom you see them bearing fruits.Mabolo fruits are still available in public markets in the provinces.Come on , one of these days,buy one mabolo fruit, feel its smooth skin , peel it and smell its sweet aroma , munch it, it is envigorating. In Tuguegarao City where I grew up, mabolo(as we call it in ibanag or itawit) thrives in forested area . It is usually used as fencing post. Its fruits are delicious,sweet and the aroma is nostalgic- it reminds me of my innocent and carefree days when the barkada just climb the mabolo trees whoever owns it and unmindful of the many ants that thrives with the tree.But kids are kids, the elders just watched us and of course everyone then in the neighborhood was either your lola,lolo,auntie or uncle.Nowadays, mabolo trees are planted along the streets and seldom you see them bearing fruits.Mabolo fruits are still available in public markets in the provinces.Come on , one of these days,buy one mabolo fruit, feel its smooth skin , peel it and smell its sweet aroma , munch it, it is envigorating.

]]> by: Gil http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-130651 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:33:56 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-130651 I brought home this morning 3 pcs of mabolo from a roadside store in Tagaytay. My wife got interested to this fruit as we dropby the store, she said has never tasted one in her entire life, though we came from a place that has lots of it, in Bicol. Surprisingly, one of our home bodies said " wow, kamagong, sarap nyan a!" muntik na sumakit tyan ko katatawa, akalain mo kamagong daw kinakain, eh super tigas na kahoy yon!baka meron syang jaws-like teeth...he-he-he, anyways, that's the difference, the tree is called kamagong or camagong and the fruit is called mabolo. I brought home this morning 3 pcs of mabolo from a roadside store in Tagaytay. My wife got interested to this fruit as we dropby the store, she said has never tasted one in her entire life, though we came from a place that has lots of it, in Bicol. Surprisingly, one of our home bodies said ” wow, kamagong, sarap nyan a!” muntik na sumakit tyan ko katatawa, akalain mo kamagong daw kinakain, eh super tigas na kahoy yon!baka meron syang jaws-like teeth…he-he-he, anyways, that’s the difference, the tree is called kamagong or camagong and the fruit is called mabolo.

]]> by: mike http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-105088 Tue, 06 May 2008 04:23:21 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-105088 Mabango para sa akin ang mabolo at masarap pa. Bakit parang ayaw na iba. He! he! kanya kanyang orientation at preferences lang yan. It's a perfect snack during fishing. Mabango para sa akin ang mabolo at masarap pa. Bakit parang ayaw na iba. He! he! kanya kanyang orientation at preferences lang yan. It’s a perfect snack during fishing.

]]> by: lucita ramos http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-99675 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:15:04 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-99675 mabolo,kasi nga marami syang bulo sa fruits nya,well one of my childhood memories! mabolo,kasi nga marami syang bulo sa fruits nya,well one of my childhood memories!

]]> by: sansindio http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-59740 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:53:42 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/mabolo-kamagong#comment-59740 Mabolo tree is not only useful for its shade & fruit but the wood is higly priced because it is used as grip for ornamental knives in the philippines, it is used for grip or handle of custome made philippine pistols and revolvers in fact some of the vintage COLT 45 pistols of law enforcement personnel and Philippine shooting club members were made of mabolo wood (known locally as kamagong). It is known for its red sapwood and black heartwood. It is the ebony in the philippines. It is native in the Philippines, in fact it was used by known MACTAN CHIETAIN LAPULAPU to defend MACTAN ISLAND during the Battle of Mactan. Some scholars & historian believed that this wood was used by LAPULAPU to kill Magellan. Its specific gravity is 1.2, making its inclusion as one of the iron wood in the world. Mabolo tree is not only useful for its shade & fruit but the
wood is higly priced because it is used as grip for ornamental
knives in the philippines, it is used for grip or handle of custome made philippine pistols and revolvers in fact some of the vintage COLT 45 pistols of law enforcement personnel and Philippine shooting club members were made of mabolo wood (known locally as kamagong).

It is known for its red sapwood and black heartwood. It is the ebony in the philippines.

It is native in the Philippines, in fact it was used by known MACTAN CHIETAIN LAPULAPU to defend MACTAN ISLAND during the Battle of Mactan.

Some scholars & historian believed that this wood was used by LAPULAPU to kill Magellan.

Its specific gravity is 1.2, making its inclusion as one of the iron wood in the world.

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