Fruits

Mga Prutas sa Pilipinas
Fruits in the Philippines

Alimuran (Snake Fruit)

Known for being very sour, the alimuran or rattan fruit is usually eaten with salt or pickled for consumption.

The pangolin-like skin peel is very distinctive.

Slices of Pakwan (Watermelon). Photo by Angie Pastor. Pakwan is the Tagalog word for watermelon. The most common variety of watermelon in the Philippines is round and has a rind whose outer surface is a very dark green.

Chico

Tsiko is the brown fruit known as sapodilla in English.

Buli

Photo of Buli Fruits by Mildred Cruz.

Also known as silag or budyawi.

Aratiles

Scientific name: Muntingia calabura Variations on spelling: aratilis, aratiles, aratalis, alatiris A

Langka

Langka or Nangka is the Tagalog word for “jackfruit.” It’s the largest fruit that grows on a tree! See the other photo!

Balimbing

Photo of Balimbing by Mildred Cruz.

The fruit has the scientific name Averrhoa carambola. It’s called a star fruit in English because of the shape you see when you cut it crosswise.

Bayabas

Guavas can be enjoyed freshly picked off the tree, with or without

Calamansi

Calamansi is the citrus fruit of the Philippines! It’s very round and fairly small… In fact, one can’t think of a smaller-sized citrus fruit… Hmm… Calamansi juice cleanse, anyone?

SABA

Photo by Toyang Noresa of peeled saba bananas

Sabá is a cooking variety of banana having the scientific name Musa saba. It has been called cardava, cardaba or kardaba in English and other languages. The Indonesians call it pisang kepok. The sabá is much fatter and starchier than the typical table banana.

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