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Antidesma bunius is a species of fruit tree in the family Phyllanthaceae.It is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and northern Australia.It is commonly known as bignay, [1] after its native name in the Philippines, where the fruits are commonly used for making bignay wine and jams.
Mangosteen is the national fruit of Thailand. It is also known as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. It is available from May until August. Mangosteen is called ‘Mangkhud’ in Thai language. Turkey: Sultana Grapes: Vitis vinifera [citation needed] Turkmenistan: Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus [citation needed] United Arab Emirates: Dates: Phoenix ...
Tibig is native to the Philippines. They are also found in parts of northern Borneo in Malaysia.The tree can grow up to 9 meters high. It is primarily dispersed by birds which eat the fruits and excrete the seeds. The fruits are also edible to humans, although they are rather bland. They are usually eaten with sugar and cream in the Philippines.
There are over 137 genera and about 998 species of orchids so far recorded in the Philippines as of 2007. [5] The broad lowland and hill rain forests of the Philippines, which are mostly gone today, [6] were dominated by at least 45 species of dipterocarps. These massive trees were abundant to up to 1,000 meters above sea level.
Syzygium curranii, commonly known as lipote, is a species of tree endemic to the Philippines. It bears sweet to sour black or red berries that can be eaten fresh (usually with salt or sugar), but are more commonly turned into jams or wine. The tree grows to a height of around 15 m (49 ft).
The first, and better known, is the Manila palm (Adonidia merrillii), which is native to the Philippines (Palawan and Danjugan Island) and is reportedly naturalized in the West Indies. [6] The second is Adonidia dransfieldii , native to Sabah in Borneo and first described in 2015.
The fruit is made into a putty for sealing canoes in the Pacific islands. Oil from the seeds is used as a scent. Leaves are used as thatch in Fiji. [2] In the Philippines, where the tree is known as tabon-tabon, juice from the grated flesh of the fruits is used to neutralize the fishy taste and the acidity of the raw seafood dish kinilaw.
Native elm is a food tree for the common aeroplane and rounded six-line blue butterflies. Fruit are eaten by a variety of birds, including Australian king parrot , brown cuckoo-dove , black-faced cuckoo-shrike , figbird , green catbird , Lewin's honeyeater , olive-backed oriole , pied currawong , rainbow lorikeet , satin bowerbird , scaly ...