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(Tilseed, Cameline, German sesame, benniseed, dodder, linga) Sesame (linga) oil is used, not only for cooking food, but also for the manufacture of other things, such as margarine, soap, cosmetics, perfume, insecticides, pain and medicine. What is left after the extraction of its oil is excellent for feed for poultry, hogs, goat and rabbits. Its protein content is 22%, besides other substances.

There are many kinds of sesame. The following varieties yield good harvest and abundant oil: Sri Lanka Black, Japanese Black, and Iligan Marinduque Black, which are native to us. The white varieties that similarly yield good harvest and abundant oil which are used for special cuisine, are: the Japanese White, Guatemala White, Mexican White and our own native white variety. Read the rest of this entry »

Chayote is a climbing plant that can rise as high as 12 meters. Its leaves are heart-shaped, 10-25 cm wide and with tendrils on the stem. The flowers are cream-colored or somewhat green that come out beneath a leaf or branch. If the plant is male, the flowers are in cluster; if female, the flowers come singly.

The fruit, light green, is elongated with one end narrower than the other with deep ridges lengthwise. The young leaves are eaten as vegetables (as salad), the roots grow like yam (ubi) and are also edible when cooked as sweets or fried like camote. If the harvest of chayote is abundant, it is cheaper to use it as food for pigs than the usual commercial feed. Chayote likes a cool climate with rains that are even during the year. It grows well in loose soil with fertilizer and likes rich volcanic soil. Read the rest of this entry »

There are two kinds of cucumber: one is for preserving and the other is for serving raw as salad. The one for serving is short and plump with white or black spikes, dark green in color that turns whitish at the ends. If the spikes are white, these turn yellow or white as they mature. If the spikes are black, this turns reddish when mature from end to end and has white spikes.

Manner of Planting

1. Cucumber seeds for planting are taken from matured plants. The more mature, the more seeds will germinate. Read the rest of this entry »

Gabi is one of the major rootcrops grown throughout the country. It can be grown almost anywhere, upland or lowland.

Land preparation and planting:

1. Plow the field twice to loosen the soil.
2. Harrow the field in a criss-cross manner to break the soil clods.
3. Make furrows at a distance of 75 cm. Plant in the furrows. For irregular and hilly areas, plant in holes. Read the rest of this entry »

Common names of Lagundi:

• Luzon: Dabtan, Dangla, Kamalaan, Limo-limo, Lingei, Lingo-lingo
• Visayas: Lagundin, Tugas
• Mindanao: Kalipapa-madam, Limpapa, Magupay, Molrei-oso, Sugarai

Lagundi is a shrub that grows to as tall as 5 meters. A shrub is described as somewhere between an herb and a tree. A shrub is a low, woody plant with several stems while a tree is a tall, woody plant with only one stem called “trunk.” A leaf of Lagundi is composed of 5 leaflets arranged like fingers in a hand.

Lagundi is indicated or used primarily for the following:

• To stop coughing, relieve asthma, and facilitate the discharge of phlegm.
• To lower fever due too colds or flu.

source:  teknotulong.stii.dost.gov.ph, photo from wikipedia.org