Today, the banaba tree is covered with leaves once more. We’re still waiting for the first flower to bloom.
[tags]tropical+tree, banaba+tree, photos, photo, photography, Philippines[/tags]
The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
May is Filipino fiesta month
Pancit miki (thick egg noodles) with pork and vegetables
There is a 20-minute pancit miki recipe in the archive that has chicken and … »»
Barbecue, an exotic street food
In a country where over ninety per cent of the population live below the … »»
Escabeche (fish with pickled vegetables)
Fried whole fish served with pickled vegetables. That's what escabeche is … »»
More cooking, wining & dining
If you’ve heard of P.F. Chang’s Mongolian beef, this is the pork version
No, I've never been to P.F. Chang's although I read that the U.S. food … »»
Pressure cooker salay-ginto (yellowstripe scad) with coconut milk
The most serious reason I missed my pressure cooker was because I love, … »»
Is batotoy a local name for Anadara granosa (blood cockles)?
The last time I heard the word batotoy, I was buying longganisa (native … »»
For St. Patrick’s Day: after dinner mint
After a quick trip to the market, Speedy checked his Facebook account, … »»
Slow cooker recipe: Bacon, cheese and potato casserole
Still experimenting with alternative methods of cooking, after using the … »»
About CASA Veneracion
Casa is Spanish for house. CASA is also an acronym for Connie, Antonio, Sam and Alex. We are all surnamed Veneracion. We all love to take photos -- of anything that catches our fancy. It's a family obsession.
This is a journal of how we live, eat, learn, play and have fun. Work? Work is part of playing and having fun. Seriously.
The kitchen staff
In 2003, a time when I hadn't heard of the term "blog", I started a recipe website at cooking.houseonahill.net using a now defunct content management system that ran on ASP. Ok, never mind the geek talk, I'm sure you're not interested in that. The contents easily multiplied and, in 2004, I moved the food site to pinoycook.net. Always unhappy with the fact that the dot com versions of houseonahill and pinoycook weren't … (click here to read all »)
Recently digested
Avocado, tomato and onion salad
The avocado was supposed to go into sushi but I cooked all the Japanese … (more...)
Lobster balls and long beans stir fry
Sam likes buying those frozen seafood balls in the grocery -- fish balls, … (more...)
Mango cheese pie: something between a cheesecake and a custard
It has a graham cracker crust and it is baked but at a lower temperature … (more...)
Melon cocktail with grape syrup
If you Google "melon cocktail", you'll find that there are two categories. … (more...)
Agedashi tofu
According to Tastefully Done, age means deep fried and dashi, of course, is … (more...)
Thanks for sharing the info about the banaba shedding its leaves. Early this year I noticed our talisay tree shed its leaves but quickly grew them back. I think mahogany trees shed their leaves, too. I just don’t know when. Maybe I’ll start a list of leaf-shedding trees. Wouldn’t it be great if all these trees shed their leaves at the same time? Then we would have our own “autumn.”
Hi Rose, and I thought only our banaba tree sheds leaves… LOL I thought it was sick or something and that’s why it sheds it leaves. Thank you, too, for the info about your talisay tree.
I live in the Dominican Republic. Climate simular to yours. I have searched all the internet and plant suppliers with no luck in purchasing this plant [Tree]. Would you Please sell me some seeds or give me the direction of who can. Due to the high rate of diabetics here i would like to start a back yard project giving young plants to the poor farmers who suffer with no funds for medicine or treatment. I have read of the medical benifits and would like to help them with their home grown medication.
Thank you so much for your time and effort.
Jimmy
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
I share your sympathy but exporting seeds and or plants of any kind is illegal and punishable by law.
you know banaba was originaly discovered in mt banaha many mountains get snow in winter even in the phil it may be possable that the reason it shed its leaves is due to the tree coming from a cold winter climate and hot summer.
the daylight hours becoming shorter in the cooler weather here or wet weather would triger the leaf falling out making the tree think winter is on its way.
just a thought john
i want to buy banaba extract and leaves how can i get it where can i get it i want the full details of the benifit of banaba leaf and its medicinal values in diabetics and its usages in other dieseases by mail if any one knows about he benifits mail me
I want to find out if this tree is good for eczama cure? please, help.
find out more about asunting it has a wide variety of dermatological use
im from pampanga, mangga, candaba, pampanga i want to know where i can buy a tree of banaba or it’s extrated leaves near here plzzzz help me reply to this email..
tnx
Miahelaine,
Hi, I’m from San Simon Pampanga. You know this banaba tree line the NLEX in some portions, if you haven’t noticed it yet. I bought 2 seedlings from Manila Seedling Bank in Quezon Ave corner EDSA at Php 20.00 each w/c I just recently transplanted to the ground.
But maybe you can try going to some schools or universities in Pampanga like in Angeles Univ., that have a a botanical or agricultural garden, they usually sell seedlings of fruit bearing trees, etc.
Or if you know someone in your area or neighboring towns who owns an old banaba tree, try to ask for some seeds and plant them (seasonal though).
how to plant a seed of banaba?
how to plant a seed of banaba?im from cavite iwant to plant a banaba tree.
Don’t know, sorry. We bought the banaba as a small tree.
Hi christine to plant banaba is in two ways one is you can plant it by seeds or you can plant it by clowning meaning using the twigs.