Guinea Fowls

The Guinea Fowls after 11 months under my care are now beginning to lay their eggs. I acquired the keets last March of 2024. 😍🥚💕

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PY 1 BIG HK Papaya

A week from now and this will be ready for picking. 😋

The best papaya variety for me. 

 

Anang (Diospyros pyrrhocarpa)

Very fast germination of the seeds of Anang (Diospyros pyrrhocarpa). Often harvested in the wild for its hard wood and fruits. Fruit is edible, taste sweet but not so juicy. 💕🌱🌳

Ripe fruits of Anang hanging from a mother tree in situ.

This is a must have species growing in your food forest. 

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Philippine Chestnut (Castanopsis sp.)

On the ground is the Philippine Chestnut locally known as Talakatak/Katii (Castanopsis sp.). This is a replacement to my specimen from Northern Mindanao that didn't survived last years drought. It is also a different species and its nut is edible. 😍🌱🌳

The nuts are boiled for eating. 

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Kamuning (Murraya paniculata)

Fragrant flower of Kamuning (Murraya paniculata). This is native to the Philippines. Small tree growing 3-8 meters with a very hard wood. Considered anti-herpetic, anti-diarrheal, aromatic, refrigerant, tonic and stomachic. Studies have shown antioxidant, anti-amoebic, insecticidal, anti-diabetic, antinociceptive, antifungal, antibacterial, antifertiity, cytotoxic, nematicidal, antihypertensive, antiasthma, gastroprotective, anticancer. 😍🌱🌳

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Bayag-Usa (Voacanga globosa)

Ripe fruit of Bayag-Usa (Voacanga globosa) from my 3 year old tree. Endemic in the Philippines sometimes ornamentally cultivated for its flowers. 

This is anti-tumor, antimycobacterial and anticholinesterase. One of the medicinal plant in the Philippines that possess anticancer activity. ❤️🌱🌳

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Bunton (Diospyros sp.)

Locally known as Bunton/Buntong a Diospyros species with edible fruits. Probably this is native and one of the rarest you can have growing in your food forest. Limited seedlings are available for disposal. 😍🌱🌳

Fruit is cut showing the inside section which is edible. Taste sweet with a similar flavor to Star Apple.

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Visitor from Koronadal City

It's been almost 2 years since the last time. Thanks for the visit brother and take good care of the Double Mahoi Banana. ❤️🌱

One of my precious Banana collection is the Double Mahoi variety where a single trunk produces 2 bunches of fruits. 

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Basilan-yakal (Hopea basilanica)

My Basilan-yakal (Hopea basilanica) after 9 months on the ground. One of the rarest Dipterocarpus species in my collection. 😍🌱🌳

It is now more than 3 feet tall.

Outplanted May 24th of 2024.

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Apis dorsata honey

Wild honey harvested from Apis dorsata locally known as "Putyukan". These bees are a long time resident here transferring from one tree to another, so every year we have raw honey from these bees fed by nature. 😋🍯🐝

We got around 750ml of honey. This will be enough for our honey infused garlic as our natural antibiotic.

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Ayanguile (Acasia confusa)

Finally after 4 years on the ground my Ayanguile (Acasia confusa) is showing its first small yellow flowers at the top. Maybe a month from now it will be visible from the camera. 😍🌱🌳

Flower buds will be coming out soon.

The trunk of a 4 year old Acasia confusa.

Remembering the day when I outplanted it from a tiny seedling. 

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Bael (Aegle marmelos)

For outplanting soon. This is Bael (Aegle marmelos) also known as Wood Apple. Bael is native across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and is cultivated throughout Sri Lanka, Tamilnadu, Thailand, and Malesia.

The fruits can be eaten either fresh from trees or after being dried and produced into candy, toffee, pulp powder or nectar. If fresh, the juice is strained and sweetened to make a drink similar to lemonade. It is rich in Vitamin C.

Bael is considered to be one of the sacred trees of Hindus, and thus they are used in Hindu rites. The leaves, bark, roots, fruits, and seeds are used in traditional medicine to treat various illnesses. 😍🌱🌳

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Seedless Tambis (Syzygium aqueum)

One of my Seedless Tambis (Syzygium aqueum) also known as Watery Rose Apple. In the Philippines it is often confused with macopa (Syzygium samarangense). 😍🌱🌳

Unopened flowers will turned into young fruits a couple of weeks from now.

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Baluno (Mangifera caesia)

Baluno (Mangifera caesia) or white mango planting materials bound to General Santos City. Lots are available ready to plant size. 💕🌱🌳

Baluno fruit with white creamy sweet flesh.

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Galo (Anacolosa frutescens)

Outplanted my first Galo (Anacolosa frutescens). One of the wild edible fruit native to Southeast Asia. 

Fruits of Galo hanging from the mother tree.

In the Philippines, the fruit and seed is eaten. Fruit taste similar to avocado and the seed is boiled with a taste similar to sweet corn and chestnut. 😍🌱🌳

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Yakal-Magasusu (Hopea mindanensis)

One of my Yakal-Magasusu (Hopea mindanensis) thriving well on a shaded area. This was outplanted June of 2022. 😍🌱🌳

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