Comments on: Susu ng Kalabaw or Susong Kalabaw, Part II http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lulu http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-178845 lulu Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:00:24 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii#comment-178845 haha!.. what funny little fruits... when my mother said "Nakatikim ka na ba ng suso ng kalabaw?", I was like mum that's a little perverted :)) But looking at the beautiful pictures.. I am intrigued.. so many fruits I've never even heard of before..:) haha!.. what funny little fruits… when my mother said “Nakatikim ka na ba ng suso ng kalabaw?”, I was like mum that’s a little perverted :)) But looking at the beautiful pictures.. I am intrigued.. so many fruits I’ve never even heard of before..:)

]]> By: kim http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-149112 kim Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:54:11 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii#comment-149112 hi patrick, It is still abundant at the hills/mountains of Calatagan. Just last July wen I went to my farm, many fruits were hanging from the vines by the wayside. If you are still interested to have seeds for propagation I will be happy to help you. Just PM me at kim_nieva@yahoo.com. And for those who thingk it is a shrub, I think you are mistaken. It really is a vine though, the stem or stalks are hard and appear like small branches of a tree. It is easy to mistake it for a shrub as often grows or creeps among shrubs. I think MM is more correct to say that it resembles more of a passion fruit than atis. I think our scietists got it all wrong by including it in the annonaceae family. all of the fruits gruped in that family are from trees or shrubs while the passion fruit and the susong kalabaw are both vines. The seeds too are similar. For those who think its yucky, it really is not. Its just like eating ripe tomatoes with more seeds and less flesh. hi patrick, It is still abundant at the hills/mountains of Calatagan. Just last July wen I went to my farm, many fruits were hanging from the vines by the wayside. If you are still interested to have seeds for propagation I will be happy to help you. Just PM me at kim_nieva@yahoo.com. And for those who thingk it is a shrub, I think you are mistaken. It really is a vine though, the stem or stalks are hard and appear like small branches of a tree. It is easy to mistake it for a shrub as often grows or creeps among shrubs.

I think MM is more correct to say that it resembles more of a passion fruit than atis. I think our scietists got it all wrong by including it in the annonaceae family. all of the fruits gruped in that family are from trees or shrubs while the passion fruit and the susong kalabaw are both vines. The seeds too are similar.

For those who think its yucky, it really is not. Its just like eating ripe tomatoes with more seeds and less flesh.

]]> By: patrick filoma http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-98717 patrick filoma Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:32:09 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii#comment-98717 I remember when i was a kid. we used to go to the hill of San Diego, Lian, Batangas. It is vine tree fruit and really nutritious. I never see them in other place, even in Lian, Batangas. I dont know if it is still available in the hill of San Diego, Lian, Batangas because now i think most of these hills are becoming beach houses. i really want to have the seed of that. i there a way i can have it from San Juan, La Union. I am now living in South America and become a monk. So i dont have contact with anyone in San Diego. patrick I remember when i was a kid. we used to go to the hill of San Diego, Lian, Batangas.

It is vine tree fruit and really nutritious.

I never see them in other place, even in Lian, Batangas.

I dont know if it is still available in the hill of San Diego, Lian, Batangas because now i think most of these hills are becoming beach houses.

i really want to have the seed of that. i there a way i can have it from San Juan, La Union. I am now living in South America and become a monk. So i dont have contact with anyone in San Diego.

patrick

]]> By: Bill Sabalburo http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-82174 Bill Sabalburo Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:37:41 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii#comment-82174 Yes, the susong-kalabaw (called Allagat in Ilocano) is a fruit which is common in the forest of La Union. However, over the years, it started to become extinct. The scientific name is Uvaria Rufa. See the website for other local names http://www.stuartxchange.org/Hilagak.html. It is NOT a medicinal plant! Rather, the root is an ecbolic or will cause abortion. You can see another picture of a ripe susong-kalabaw at: http://gotoknow.org/file/khajitfoythong/Tay3.jpg For a green fuit, you can go to: http://www.isan.clubs.chula.ac.th/para_norkhai/up_files/phiphan.jpg My sister-in-law has over 100 seedlings that she has propagated from the root cuttings. I will plant them in our forest in San Juan, La Union next time I go home on vacation. As my planned hobby when I retire in two years, I will be propagating a lot of soon-to-be extinct indigenous trees and plants. I am also looking for seeds of sapang tree to plant. Anyone who has seeds pls let me have some. Thx. Yes, the susong-kalabaw (called Allagat in Ilocano) is a fruit which is common in the forest of La Union. However, over the years, it started to become extinct. The scientific name is Uvaria Rufa. See the website for other local names http://www.stuartxchange.org/Hilagak.html. It is NOT a medicinal plant! Rather, the root is an ecbolic or will cause abortion.

You can see another picture of a ripe susong-kalabaw at: http://gotoknow.org/file/khajitfoythong/Tay3.jpg

For a green fuit, you can go to: http://www.isan.clubs.chula.ac.th/para_norkhai/up_files/phiphan.jpg

My sister-in-law has over 100 seedlings that she has propagated from the root cuttings. I will plant them in our forest in San Juan, La Union next time I go home on vacation.

As my planned hobby when I retire in two years, I will be propagating a lot of soon-to-be extinct indigenous trees and plants. I am also looking for seeds of sapang tree to plant. Anyone who has seeds pls let me have some.

Thx.

]]> By: Bong http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-80927 Bong Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:53:15 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/susu-ng-kalabaw-or-susong-kalabaw-part-ii#comment-80927 Suso nang Kalabaw is a wild shrub. The fruits are normally in a cluster of 5 to 8 fruits. We used to gather lots of this this fruit when I was a kid in Isabela. It is best harvested during rainy season as the fruits are more plump and sweeter. Among Ibanags this fruit is called "dupo na Ayong", loosely translated as banana of monkeys. It is called such because monkeys love to gourge on this fruit. Suso nang Kalabaw is a wild shrub. The fruits are normally in a cluster of 5 to 8 fruits. We used to gather lots of this this fruit when I was a kid in Isabela. It is best harvested during rainy season as the fruits are more plump and sweeter. Among Ibanags this fruit is called “dupo na Ayong”, loosely translated as banana of monkeys. It is called such because monkeys love to gourge on this fruit.

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