Fact: "Phytocrene Macrophylla"

@Shavkat (139933)
Philippines
August 26, 2022 10:42pm CST
The residents of Cebu, Philippines, discovered a bounty of fruit in their forest. It is known as "bangcoro" (Phytocrene macrophylla). The experts went there and investigated it further. They said that it has not been established whether it is edible. Locals attempted to eat some, but the specialists strongly forbade them from doing so. Although it appears to be local bananas at the market, more research is required. Do you have fruit like this in the wilderness there?
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kaguvkov
@kaguvkov (1318)
• Davao, Philippines
5 Sep 22
This is a species of Phytocrene and not a Morinda.
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kaguvkov
@kaguvkov (1318)
• Davao, Philippines
5 Sep 22
Phytocrene macrophylla to be exact.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
@kaguvkov It seems the expert gave information accurately. Thanks for the information.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
27 Aug 22
I have read that it is called "the starvation fruit" as it was consumed during the times of famines... so of course it is edible.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
I also agree with you. A local ate some and nothing happened to her. The experts appeared to have motives in this regard.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
27 Aug 22
No, we don't have anything like that in the US.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
27 Aug 22
I hope my country can share some banana seeds out there.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
27 Aug 22
@Shavkat It may be too cold here for bananas to grow. I think they might grow bananas in Hawaii but not on the mainland. But, I'm not positive of that.
Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
27 Aug 22
If it’s fruit I wonder why it wouldn’t be edible That is weird
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
27 Aug 22
I also find it weird. They also claimed that it is not a type of banana that can be eaten in the market.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
27 Aug 22
@Shavkat I’d never heard of this before.
relcap23
@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Aug 22
RufoLisa I @Shavkat I have not heard of such. looks like the senorita variety of banana.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
27 Aug 22
I also think that way, but they said it not a variety of bananas. You can check this out.
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relcap23
@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Aug 22
@Shavkat thanks for sharing.
M Cheung
@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
27 Aug 22
No, haven't heard of it here.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
27 Aug 22
Is Hong Kong has banana plantations?
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M Cheung
@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
27 Aug 22
@Shavkat I believe so, but not a lot.
rsa101
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
13 Sep 22
Interesting fruit. I cannot believe that even now we still have fruits that we only know now. i hope that it is edible so that I can enjoy tasting them too.
clrumfelt
@clrumfelt (5490)
• United States
28 Aug 22
I hope it is edible. Wouldn't it be amazing to have a new fruit available at the market?
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
I am also hoping they are edible. The experts urged them not to eat the fruit for the time being since it might increase local banana output at the market in the future.
youless
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
27 Aug 22
I haven't seen it before. But I must say it looks like a kind of banana.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
They do like bananas. But the expert claimed to be not. I hope they are really edible.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (49436)
• Mojave, California
27 Aug 22
Wilderness what is that? Only banana's you have here is growing out of people's brains. That being said, I wonder if people ever wonder how things became sustainable. ooh ooh, let me go eat the could be bad fruits and that brave dumb jerk saved a society and a culture. People really have no concept of life before technology this world is doomed.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
I do think that this fruit is edible. It seems the locals so backward in this place.
Bojel
@jobelbojel (35577)
• Philippines
27 Aug 22
That looks like banana, you are correct. I think we don't have but I remember going to the woods when I was a kid. There was a strange fruit. I managed to taste one and it was sour. I can't describe how was it. It was green.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
I guess I too tried to do the same thing before, but it tasted bitter. I was able to throw it after I had it.
Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
27 Aug 22
No, we don't
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
They must be more common in Asian forests then. I wish I could get a closer look at them.
PsalmOneCares
@everwonderwhy (7340)
•
27 Aug 22
Hmmm... "the experts" seem to have an agenda for their own profit, to control nature's way of providing food for the people to freely eat and enjoy.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
One of the locals asserted that she consumed it and experienced no negative effects. I noticed something with her words as I listened to the experts' theories.
Terri Doss
@gtdoss (1013)
• United States
28 Aug 22
No, we don't have fruit like that, but I wish we did! I love hearing about the discovery of new species of anything!
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
I am also like you. I really enjoy learning new stuff. In the future, I hope they will be made in large quantities and exported.