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Luyang Pula
๐ก๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ var. ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ
Introduced
Katmon
๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด
Endemic
Mabolo
๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช
Native
Pili
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ
Endemic
Pupuan
๐๐ณ๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด
Native
Bu-o
๐๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข cf. ๐บ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ
Native
Articles
Native Cinnamon Leaves Sold as โLaurelโ in the Philippines
Dec 14, 2024
While native cinnamon bark is used in Philippine cuisine, its leaves are more widely utilized, particularly in the Visayas and Mindanaoโalbeit unknowingly by many.โalbeit unknowingly by many.
Guide to Philippine Chilies
Dec 5, 2024
First things first: not a single Capsicum or chili pepper is native to the Philippines.
Filipinos are capable of doing incredible things.
Nov 15, 2024
After years of documenting our local foodways for Lokalpedia, one of my many realizations is just how ingenious Filipinos truly are.
Fermented Delicacies
Nov 10, 2024
In the Philippines, various ethnolinguistic groups have a fermented delicacy made from rice or other starchy ingredients, which has a sweet-sour, almost liquor-like taste.