Comments on: “Lubi-Lubi”

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:26:59 +0000

JC, I don’t think I have noticed lubi-lubi for sale in Manila markets, but it might be available at the Saturday FTI market, look for the vendors with goods from the Bicol region… sally, I have never eaten the fruit.

By: JC

JC — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:09:11 +0000

Do you know where to find lubi lubi in metro manila? thanks.

By: sally

sally — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:05:52 +0000

Just got a plant and it is fruiting now. What about the fruits? Is it edible? How do I prepare the fruit?

How tall willthe tree grow? Do I cut the leader branch so that the tree will branch out?

By: hanzel butantan

hanzel butantan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:04:21 +0000

very nice jud na lubilubi mao na aku project dayon ku graduate…hopely pasar due to my research…19trihedron76

By: Manay

Manay — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:17:38 +0000

I grew up in, Milagrosa barrio of Catilla province of Sorsogon, where this “tree like” lubi-lubi is abundant in “ka-ingin”, my mom would cook this with different leafy vegetables in “gata” with pork meat or shrimp spiced up with siling labuyo. VERY TASTY!!!

By: abai

abai — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:13:28 +0000

Thanks for featuring this plant, lubi-lubi. In Bicol, we also call it niyog-niyog (as the fruits look like small cluster of coconut fruits. It used to be found in forested areas, but now many folks have included this to be planted in their home gardens. It is a good for landscaping. It’s true this vegetable is very delicious. Usually it’s coooked with fresh or dried fish and a lot of gata (coconut cream). In Bikol, we say, “Masiramon!!!” :>)

By: romer

romer — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:24:47 +0000

Take it from me I grew up eating this vegetable almost everyday and loved it (coz I grew up poor & this is abundant in the forest), libi-libi (Iriga) is delicious alright & very good 4 diabetics. One good recipe for it is to combine with langka (green jackfruit) & tabios (pandaca pygmy – smallest fish in the world only found in Buhi or Bato lake) with lots of sili (labuyo), then cook with coconut milk…Yummy Yummm Yummmm Yummmm…you’ll forget who your wife is when you taste this excellent recipe…hahaha

By: ruth san luis

ruth san luis — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:43:45 +0000

I first heard of Lubilubi at the mall in Cainta, where I had my sugar level checked due to the food I ate during the holidays. My sugar level has gone up and I have to do something to keep it in its normal level. A lady who saw the result of my bsugar level advised me to take a cup of lubilubi extracr juice. I appreciated it very much. But she forgot to tell me how the plant looks and where to find it. I went to my sister whose husband is a Bicolano. However, he doesn’t know also how it looks for he grew up in Manila.When I was about to leave my sister’s place, my head turned left of the side of the gate and saw a plant with long bladed leaves with dark green shiny shade and light yellow linings in the middle and it has rick-rack like sides. I guessed maybe this is lubi-lubi. I asked my sister if I can have two pieces of leaves and she allowed me to pick two. Then I asked a friend to ask Bicolanos in their area if the leaves that I got are from a lubi-lubi plant. Three of them were positive it is the right plant. Then in the evening I thought of checking Google search in my laptap if my guess was right.Thanks God my guess was right for I had boiled one leaf and have taken a cup of it. Now I am confident that my sugar level will be reduced.Thanks to Google. Thanks to Lubi-lubi.Thanks to my sister. Thanks to my Spirit Guide – God the Father above all. R.S.L.

By: anna

anna — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:40:53 +0000

how abundant is this plant in Legazpi City? I contacted someone there and was told it is now hard to find. How true is this?

By: hanzel butantan

hanzel butantan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:06:36 +0000

lami jud ang lubilubi dire oi….trihedron