agriculture

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A B A C D E F H K C E U N
C A L A B A S A D F H A P
Z X O O D B R H H S R S Y
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G M S A C X C Y W U I A A
G A B I A G B H X T S U M

3. Indigenous
Vegetable in
the
Philippines

4. Calabasa (Squash) is a vegetable that is
cultivated throughout the whole Philippines. It
can be cooked with or without the skin. The color
of the skin can vary from green to yellow. The color
of the flesh is a deep yellowy-orange. The taste is
(soft) sweet. Some people use the calabasa to make
a cake. Calabasa is rich in vitamin A.

5. GABI
 (English: Taro) is a tuberous plant. It's a root crop. The
flesh inside is white. The taste of both leaves and
tuber is acid. Cooking (with the skin removed) or
baking takes this acid taste away. It is a native
vegetable of India and parts of South-East Asia. The
leaves are used in soups and stews, the cooked tuber
is consumed as sweets, desserts or used in
vegetable dishes

6. KAMOTE
 is a very well known plant in the Philippines. The plant
grows very tall. It can reach sometimes to 15 feet. The tuber
(root) grows up to 2 ft long or even longer. There
is cassava in two varieties; a sweet and a bitter variety.
The difference between the two is the absence or presence
of toxic levels of cyanide in the root! Therefore, it is not
recommended to eat cassava uncooked! The sweet Cassava
is almost free of the acid. The cassava is eaten boiled,
steamed or roasted. It is consumed especially in the rural
areas. It is partially a substitute for rice in the diets. Both
cassava varieties may be used to produce a kind of flour. It
is also prepared as a sweet snack. The bitter cassava needs
special preparation through pressure and heating to make
it safe to eat.

7. MALUNGGAY
 It's a small tree with tuberous roots
and fern-like foliage. Malunggay is
often used in meals with chicken or
fish and other vegetables.

8. KANGKONG
 . There are two common types. One type is growing on
land and one type grows near waterways and ponds.
You can distinguish the two types by their leaves. The
land-grown type has long, narrow leaves with pointed
ends. The water- grown Kangkong has broader
(blunt) leaves.
 Kangkong has known qualities for your health

9. OKRA
 The vegetable is used for soups and stews or as a fried
or boiled vegetable. Okra is well known because of
its healthy qualities. The valuable nutrients of the
okra is evident. 50 % is soluble. The other 50% of the
vegetable (insoluble fibre) helps to decrease the risk
of some forms of cancer. Moreover, nearly 10% of the
recommended levels of vitamin B6 are also present in
half cup of cooked okra! The vegetable is consumed
with other vegetables and fish or meat.

10. AMPALAYA
 Because of the taste it is well known as "bitter ". It is
eaten with meat and other vegetables.
 The vegetable is well known because of its medicinal
value especially against HIV/AIDS. Local people think
that 'the bitter this vegetable is, the more
medicinal value it has'. Even the Department of
Health of the Philippines, has recommended this
herbal vegetable as very helpful.

11. PECHAY
 is a cabbage. It is one of the most known vegetables in
the Philippines. It is also known as one of the oldest
green vegetables in Asia. The Pechay differs in many
aspects from other cabbages.

12. SITAW
These 'long beans' are not cooked as a
whole long bean, but before cooking
broken into pieces of 3-4 inches. The
taste is a very little bit sweet. A mix
with meat, fish, other vegetables, is
always a delicious meal.

13. TALONG
The fruit is long, thin and has a purple colour.
The size can differ. The taste of purple fruit is
tasty or, as some say, rather smooth. It is a fruit
but eaten as a vegetable. Many times the
Talong is cut open in one piece, backed together
with eggs, fish or meat and completed with other
vegetables. Many people like it in this way as a
kind of an omelette.

14. CRITERIA 10 POINTS 5 POINTS 3 POINTS
UNITY 90% - 100% of the
members are
participate in
group activity.
60% - 75%
members are
participate in
group activity
If 0-50% only
members are
participate in
group activity.
EXPLANATION
If ideas are very
informative
If ideas are short
but informative.
If ideas are not
informative.
DRAWING
PRESENTATION
If drawing is good
and no some
erasures
If drawing is have
some erasure but
still neat.
If drawing is good
but not neat.

15. Assignment
Search about the Indigenous Fruits in the
Philippines and explain it.