Comments on: Tabon Tabon Fruit

By: Abraham Pineda

Abraham Pineda — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:51:08 +0000

I just encountered this fruit today in my own house(December 27, 2009)! I was searching in the net for ideas about the Digestive system when my father called me. I went outside and saw him holding a chico-like fruit. “Chico ba ‘yan kasi nagugutom na ako eh. (Is that a chico because I am really hungry right now)”, I asked. “Hinde (No)”, my father replied, “Isa itong prutas na kung tawagin ay Tabon-tabon (This is a fruit called tabon-tabon)”. I never knew that tabon-tabon can be used as an adhesive! We used it to glue the broken wood handle of the itak. We extracted the “sap” of the tabon-tabon fruit and used it as a woodglue. I am going to use it for my investigatory project on my school: Cebu City National Science High School
If you really want to know how to use the tabon tabon fruit as a woodglue, e-mail me at my yahoo account: abspin56@yahoo.com

By: james toledo

james toledo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:39:48 +0000

only the bisaya speaking people in mindanao commonly use tabon tabon particularly in kinilaw…without tabon tabon, the kinilaw wouldnt be perfect. maka wala sya sa luod.( takes away the disgusting taste and smell) and it serves as neutralizer to the dish. like the umami taste.

it is scraped with a spoon and you mixed it with vinegar and then take away the “sapal”..its the secret ingredient to a tasty kinilaw.
im from pagadian and it is very common in mindanao markets. here in cebu i saw none and they dont even know that spice.

By: leonardo i sabellina jr

leonardo i sabellina jr — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:10:19 +0000

If you want to know more about Poy’s kinilaw you may visit my blog:

https://popoyskinilaw.blogspot.com/2009/11/for-inquiries-and-orders.html

By: el_jefe

el_jefe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:50:24 +0000

where can i buy sedlings of tabon tabon? any one?

By: Francis Ocampo

Francis Ocampo — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:21:14 +0000

We just started manufacturing an instant kinilaw sauce with tabon tabon! :) my dad had was assisted by DOST in formulating the perfect kinilaw sauce! my dad gre up in zamboanga del norte and we have our factory there and as well as the farm that we have the raw materials inlcuding tabon tabon trees!

The sauce is not out in the market yet so if you want to distribute and use it for your food businesses you can contact me at 0917-8479269!

We are pure bisaya so we know our product and we know what and how the original tastes like. You can now enjoy the original kinilaw at the convenience of a bottle :)

By: Ricky Du

Ricky Du — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:15:11 +0000

Last holy week. Me and my friend went to dipolog to attend their family reunion. Tabon tabon there is just like a Lemon tree, very ordinary to the people. You can buy at anytime. Wish someone will tell me where I can but here in Manila. Ricky

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:01:47 +0000

kurek ka dyan !!!

By: Ulysses Ferreras

Ulysses Ferreras — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:49:37 +0000

Please accept my sincerest thanks as well for updating your post. Unfortunately, the mistake has also crept in with DOST, other blogs and university publications and it will take me some time and extra effort to correct this.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:45:57 +0000

Ulysses, THANK YOU so much for that information. It is always a pleasure when someone with more expertise is able to correct, add information or shed some light on a topic I don’t know much about. Again, thank you, I will up date the post above to reflect your comment.

By: Ulysses Ferreras

Ulysses Ferreras — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:15:32 +0000

Hi! I am a botanist and I wish to correct the scientific name of tabon-tabon mentioned in your article. There is much misinformation circulating around the internet about tabon-tabon as Hydrophytune orbiculatum. I do not know how this name came about. The genus Hydrophytune does not exist in the checklists we have for Philippine Plants, neither does it exist in Mabberley’s Plant Book (2008). The true scientific name of tabon-tabon is Atuna racemosa. It is a tree found from Thailand to the Pacific Islands, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea and the Philippines.