Talongtalongan PRODUCT NAME
Solanum cumingii Dun SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Talongtalongan |
| Local Name: | Balabalosa Camiguin Is.) Bal-bal-lusa (Union, Pangasinan); Malvalusa Cagayan); Tabulak (Pangasinan); Talongtalongan (Polillo, Marindoque, Negros); Talingtaling (Basilan); Tarambolo (Bulacan). |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Other Species of Same Genera: | |
| Product Description: | A spreading or ascending, somewhat branched, hairy herb 30-60cm in height. The stems, petioles, and leaves are armed with scattered, sharp, rather stout spines, which are 3-6mm long. The leaves are alternate, somewhat pointed at the tip, inequlateral at the base, irregularly lobed on the margins, and 4-12cm in length. The flowers are violet or purplish, nearly 2cm in diameter, and borne in small numbers on small flowering branches which are in the axils of the leaves. The fruit is rounded, smooth, about 2.5cm in diameter, and green mottled with white, or yellow |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived) |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is widely distributed in open, waste places in the Philippines |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits |
| Uses: | The unripe fruit is cooked and eaten as vegetable |
| Origin: | |
| Management Practices: | |
| Market Information: | |
| Partners: |
PARTNERS INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES CONCERNING THIS NTFP
| Duration: | |
| Activity: | |
| External Links: | http://Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
