Batuan (Garcinia binucao), Dr.Abhay Kuamr Pati, CEO, Biotecahyur, Odisha, India

June 20, 2010 - PRLog -- Batuan (Garcinia binucao) is a fruit that is greenish, yellowish, somewhat rounded, and 4 centimeters or more in diameter. They have a firm outer covering and contain a very acid pulp and several seeds.

This fruit is usually used as a souring agent to dishes.

Other local names include ballok (Benguet); balukut (Ilocos Norte); bangkok (Zambales); batuan (Negros, Guimaras & Burias island); bilukao (Rizal, Bataan, Batangas, Camarines); binukao (Laguna, Bataan); buragris (Camarines); kamangsi (Tayabas); haras (Capiz); kandis (Palawan); kanumai, kulilem (Cagayan); maninila (Albay).

This species is common and widely distributed throughout Luzon and the Visayan islands of the Philippines.

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