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Family:
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SOLANACEAE
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Scientific Name:
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Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal
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Local Names:
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Balbalosa
(Ilok.)
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Other common names:
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Dabutung,
Dagutung (Sul.); Talong-ayam (Bik.); Tagutong (Bis.); Talong-gubat,
Talong-talong, Tarambolo, Tarambulo (Tag.)[1]
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Uses:
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Fruits as ingredient in pinakbet, salad and in guinataan
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Notes:
Characters
of balbalosa include upright growth habit, 28cm average plant height, 29.56cm
leaf blade length and 27.74cm width, intermediate leaf blade lobing, obtuse
leaf blade tip angle and 11.1cm petiole length. Leaves are covered with hairs
and prickly spines. Petiole color was dark violet and leaf blade color was
dark green. Most of the flowers opened from 7:15-7:40am though some other
flowers opened from 3:00-3:30pm. It took 7-8 days before small fruits were
observed and 20-25 days (from flowering) before fruits were harvested for
consumption. Other fruit character include: fruit color at commercial
ripeness – green; number of fruits per plant – 28; number of fruits per
cluster – 3 to 5; weight of harvested fruit per plant – 67.2g; individual
fruit weight – 2.4g.
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