Tabon-Tabon
Tabon-tabon is a wild tropical fruit known for being an ingredient in kilawin.
Many households in the Visayas and Northern Mindanao areas of the Philippines have tabon-tabon trees in their backyards.
Filipinos in other parts of the country who did not grow up where the trees are native have described the outer appearance of the tabon-tabon as being similar to a chico fruit, which has the same brown color.
Closer inspection reveals that its outer covering is not soft like that of a chico fruit, but is a very hard shell.
Each tabon-tabon fruit has only one seed — a very large seed whose brain-like pulp can be seen when it is cut in half. Because the soft pulp hardens very fast when exposed to air, you must scrape it off the skin as soon as possible.
i just got 1 chance to taste kinilaw with tabontabon, ang luckily i currently have plenty of seedlings to be planted in my farm. thsnks to my friend from cagayan de oro for sending seeds.
john legado: can you email me about how to get seeds thanks.
I will try to connect with my friend in cagayan de oro, since all seedlings I have had been planted already
Plz ask if u need to remove d outer hard shell b4 planting it.
Hello.
I have been using tabon tabon couoled with kaffir lime fruit or suha and it is really a great fusion of flavors. The fruit itswlf is the seed and the ideal way to store it if not foe immediate use ia to bury it ahallow in aoil to keep the seed moist. If you habe no use for it, it will become a seedling.
I have not tried using the seedling root for the kilaw.
FYI.