Vegetables and Fruits Grown in the Philippines

[JamesMusslewhite 14,483]

So you want to grow a garden or farm crop in the Philippines? What the heck grows here? 

 

When wanting to decide what vegetables and fruits grow well for your farm and garden needs you have to do a little research. This can be both time confusing as well as time consuming. I have spent a lot of time researching on this topic and have compiled together an easy way to find this information about the different vegetable and fruit varieties that are known to grow well here in the Philippines. The following is a list of vegetables and fruits that grow here in the Philippines. Each is a linked to excellent information on each type of vegetable and fruit. Just look down the list and if you see one that interest you simply click the name and you will automatically linked to a page dedicated to each variety listed. I hope you find this both useful and informative.

 

 

Vegetables of the Philippines

 

Leafy and salad vegetables
Amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus)
Arugula (Eruca sativa)
Beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris)

Bitterleaf (Vernonia calvoana)

Bok choy (Brassica rapa Chinensis group)

Broccoli (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa)

Brussels sprout (Brassica oleracea Gemmifera group)

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea Capitata group)
Catsear (Hypochaeris radicata)
Celery (Apium graveolens)
Celtuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagina)
Ceylon spinach (Basella alba)

Chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla)

Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius subsp. aconitifolius)

Chickweed (Stellaria)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa Pekinensis and Chinensis groups)
Chinese Mallow (Malva verticillata)
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium)
Collard greens (Brassica oleracea)
Corn salad (Valerianella locusta)
Cress (Lepidium sativum)

Dandelion  (Taraxacum officinale)

Endive  (Cichorium endivia)
Epazote (Chenopodium ambrosioides)
Fat hen  (Chenopodium album)
Fiddlehead (Pteridium aquilinum, Athyrium esculeuntm)
Fluted pumpkin  (Telfairia occidentalis)

Garden Rocket (Eruca sativa)

Golden samphire  (Inula crithmoides)

Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus)
Greater Plantation (Plantago major)

Kai-lan (Brassica rapa Alboglabra group)
Kale (Brassica oleracea Acephala group)
Komatsuna (Brassica rapa Pervidis or Komatsuna group)
Kuka (Adansonia spp.)
Lagos bologi  (Talinum fruticosum)
Lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta)

Land Cress  (Barbarea verna)

Lettuce  (Lactuca sativa)

Lizard's tail  (Houttuynia cordata)

Melokhia (Corchorus olitorius, Corchorus capsularis)

Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)

Mizuna greens (Brassica rapa Nipposinica group)
Mustard (Sinapis alba)
Napa cabbage (Brassica rapa Pekinensis group)
New Zealand Spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides)
Orache (Atriplex hortensis)
Pak choy (Brassica rapa Chinensis group)
Paracress (Acmella oleracea)

Pea (Pisum sativum)
Polk  (Phytolacca americana)
Radicchio (Cichorium intybus)
Samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
Sea beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima)
Seakale (Crambe maritima)
Sierra Leone bologi (Crassocephalum spp.)
Soko (Celosia argentea)
Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
Summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla var. flavescens)
Tatsoi (Brassica rapa Rosularis group)
Turnip (Brassica rapa Rapifera group)
Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)

Winter purslane  (Claytonia perfoliata)

Yarrow  (Achillea millefolium)

 

Fruits:
Avocado (Persea americana)

Banana (Saging (Musa sapientum)
Bell pepper (Capsicum annuum)
Bitter melon (Momordica charantia)
Courgette (Cucurbita pepo)
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

Eggplant (Solanum melongena)

Passion fruit

Pineapple

Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
Squash (Cucurbita spp.)

Strawberry

Sweet corn (Zea mays)

Sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum Grossum group)

Tinda (Praecitrullus fistulosus)
Tomatillo (Physalis philadelphica)
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var)
Winter melon  (Benincasa hispida)
West Indian gherkin (Cucumis anguria)
Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo)

Flowers and flower buds
Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus, C. scolymus)
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea)
Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea)
Courgette flower (Cucurbita spp.)
Zucchini Squash blossom (Cucurbita spp.)

ZucchiniPodded vegetables (Legumes)
American groundnut  (Apios americana)     

Azuki bean (Vigna angularis)

Black-eyed pea  (Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata)

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Drumstick  (Moringa oleifera)

Dolichos bean (Lablab purpureus)
Fava bean (Vicia faba)
Garbanzo (Cicer arietinum)
Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba)
Gumbo (Abelmoschus esculentus)
Horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum)
Indian pea (Lathyrus sativus)
Lentil (Lens culinaris)

Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus)

Moth bean (Vigna acontifolia)
Mung bean (Vigna radiata)
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
Pea (Pisum sativum)
Peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)

Rice bean (Vigna umbellata)
Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)

Snap pea (Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon)

Snow pea (Pisum sativum var. saccharatum)

Soybean (Glycine max)
Tarwi (tarhui, chocho; Lupinus mutabilis)
Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius
Urad bean (Vigna mungo)
Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens)
Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
Yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)

Bulb and stem vegetables
Asparagus  (Asparagus officinalis)
Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus)
Celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum)
Celery (Apium graveolens)

Elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum)

Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce)
Garlic  (Allium sativum)
Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea Gongylodes group)
Kurrat (Allium ampeloprasum var. kurrat)

Leek (Allium porrum)
Lotus root (Nelumbo nucifera)
Nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica)
Onion (Allium cepa)
Spring Onion/Scallion (Allium wakegi)
Prussian asparagus (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum)

Shallot (Allium cepa Aggregatum group)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)
Wild leek (Allium tricoccum)

Root and tuberous vegetables
Ahipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa)
Arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza)
Bamboo shoot (Bambusa vulgaris and Phyllostachys edulis)
Beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris)
Burdock (Arctium lappa)

Broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
Camas (Camassia)
Canna (Canna spp.)
Carrot (Daucus carota)
Cassava (Manihot esculenta)

Chinese artichoke (Stachys affinis)

Daikon (Raphanus sativus Longipinnatus group)
Earthnut pea (Lathyrus tuberosus)
Elephant Foot yam (Amorphophallus_paeoniifolius)
Ensete (Ensete ventricosum)
Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Gobo (Arctium lappa)
Hamburg parsley (Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum)
Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
Jícama (Pachyrhizus erosus)
Manioc (Manihot esculenta)
Mooli (Raphanus sativus Longipinnatus group)
Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
Pignut (Conopodium majus)
Plectranthus (Plectranthus spp.)
Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Prairie turnip (Psoralea esculenta)
Radish (Raphanus sativus)
Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
Rutabaga (Brassica napus Napobrassica group)
Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)
Scorzonera (Scorzonera hispanica)
Skirret (Sium sisarum)

Swede (Brassica napus Napobrassica group)
Sweet Potato or Kumara (Ipomoea batatas)
Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
Ti (Cordyline fruticosa)
Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus)
Turnip (Brassica rapa Rapifera group)
Ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus)
Water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)
Yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius)
Yam (Dioscorea spp.)

Sea vegetables
Aonori (Monostroma spp., Enteromorpha spp.)

Carola (Callophyllis variegata)

Dabberlocks or Badderlocks (Alaria esculenta)

Dulse or Dillisk (Palmaria palmata)

Gim (Porphyra)
Hijiki (Hizikia fusiformis)
Kombu (Laminaria japonica)
Laver (Porphyra spp.)

Mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus)

Nori (Porphyra spp.)
Ogonori (Gracilaria spp.)
Sea grape (Caulerpa spp.)

Seakale (Crambe maritima)

Sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)

Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida)

Edited October 4, 2013 by JamesMusslewhite

[JamesMusslewhite 14,483]

Ok guys the links are all complete and the codes sound. This list should allow members to have a solid starting point for researching varieties to use in your farms and gardens. I hope members find the list to be an easy to use and useful tool.

[Denis 362]

Great work James...

 

Thank you very much.

[GoHuk 369]

I suggest that James designs the garden and Boss Hog develops the menu.

[MaKe 227]

This is awesome, thanks so very much!!  Truly a wealth of information!!

[littlejohn 164]

Their is no way you can grow Jerusalem Artichokes here unless you live in one of the coldest areas of the mountains. Wish we could I like them.

 

I hope your right about elephant garlic that would be something I'd like to grow here.

[littlejohn 164]

Ooops decided to look it up to make sure I was right and I was wrong. Here is a quote about Jerusalem artichokes.

 

"In tropical zones it can be grown successfully year round by regular replanting but is best planted at the beginning of the wet season."

 

I don't suppose you know where to get some in the Philippines? Probably need to keep them in a fridge a while to make them sweet I know we waited for a very hard freeze before digging them back home.

[JamesMusslewhite 14,483]

Their is no way you can grow Jerusalem Artichokes here unless you live in one of the coldest areas of the mountains. Wish we could I like them.

 

I hope your right about elephant garlic that would be something I'd like to grow here.

I could see it growing well in Bagio and in the mountains outside Davao. Elephant garlic, India white garlic grows here quite well.

[JamesMusslewhite 14,483]

Ooops decided to look it up to make sure I was right and I was wrong. Here is a quote about Jerusalem artichokes.

 

"In tropical zones it can be grown successfully year round by regular replanting but is best planted at the beginning of the wet season."

 

I don't suppose you know where to get some in the Philippines? Probably need to keep them in a fridge a while to make them sweet I know we waited for a very hard freeze before digging them back home.

The trick is they like rather dry soil, so if you make a little poly-plastic covered rain house they should grow great here.year around.

[JamesMusslewhite 14,483]

They sell 20 foot lengths of white 3/4 inch PVC water pipe in Cebu. I have seen it in a hardware outlet on Mactan. it can be used to make an easy 12 foot X 50 foot rain house that will allow you to grow vegetable year round here in the Philippines.

 

 

This will also help control bug infestations,just cover the greenhouse with chicken wire then use a roll sheet 6-mil poly. The rolls are 20 fooy wide and either 50 foot or 00 foot in length. just use wood strips and finishing nails at the bottom of the sides and leave the ends open. The chicken wire keeps the plastic ridged during heavy rains so the water does no sag the plastic on the top were it pools and weighs down and collapses. Open ends allow the greenhouse to properly vent the heat of the day. These are great for covering seed starter containers, hydroponic/aquaponic systems, tomatoes, lattice vegetables and fruits, etc. Very simple to make, inexpensive, long lasting, and very versatile.  .

 

These photos below are some I have build before and shows the space available in a 20'X50' greenhouse raised inly two feet off the ground.

 

 

 

 

The 3 photos above are from one of our plant outlets. We had several facilities for growing product and two small garden centers. These photos are of our product and Greenhouses, shadehouses, and some of our growing pads. Members are welcome to look at the Facebook album https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2574883571237&set=a.2574872410958.2118680.1228755709&type=3&theater

[JamesMusslewhite 14,483]

Ok guys the links are all complete and the codes sound. This list should allow members to have a solid starting point for researching varieties to use in your farms and gardens. I hope members find the list to be an easy to use and useful tool.

I will keep adding more varieties as I continue to research the subject. I want to add, herbs, berries, nuts, flowers, and medical plant varieties and am presently compiling a list. When I finish the list I will then add the codes to the list so they will also be linked to useful information on each species.

[GoHuk 369]

Waiting on herbs - especially those suitable for a north wall.

[JamesMusslewhite 14,483]

Waiting on herbs - especially those suitable for a north wall.

That is not a bad idea. To comprise a list of vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, and medical plants by North, South, East, Wast wall exposure. I believe once I finish the list I will research and then break them down into four individual list of each side of a wall, structure according to their preferred sunlight and shade requirements. It will take a little while to complete but will be well worth the effort as it will help those interested in farm & gardening to best insure the best success with each variety.  

[SomeRandomGuy 6,596]

how about marijuana....?  is that grown here?

[Denis 362]

James,

 

I am not sure if you have this list of Philippine Medicinal Plants but I found it interesting.... http://www.stuartxchange.com/CompleteList.html