Wild Food Plants
Dr Abe V Rotor
Living with Nature - School on Blog
This article is dedicated to the late Professor Eduardo de Leon
of the University of Santo Tomas - botanist, teacher and researcher.
The late UST Professor Ed de Leon is dwarfed
by a giant Palawan gabi, reminiscent of the novel,
Gulliver 's Travels.
Wild varieties of ampalaya (Momordica charantia),
eggplant (Solanum melongena), patani (Phaseolus lunatus),
and the male flower of himbaba-o or alukong (Ilk)
Gulasiman or ngalog (Ilk) - Portulaca oleracea,
Saluyot (Corchorus olitorius)
Edible fern (pako) - Diplazium esculentum
Dampalit (Portulaca sp)
Alugbati (Basella alba)
Bagbagkong flowers (Telosma procumbens )
Soro-soro or Karimbuaya (Ilk),
- Euphorbia neriifolia
Talinum (Talinum triangulare)
Pod and seed of lotus (Nelumbium nelumbo)
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