Capiz : Babana

soursop (Annona muricata) Family: Annonaceae

Vernacular Names: Babana

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: fruits, leaves

Cultivated/Foraged: planted

Habitat: surroundings

Availability: all year round

Other uses: cure for diabetes, cancer, UTI-together with sambong, guyabano leaves, pandan-boil and drink, young fruit I s shredded and squeezed (juice can expel worms in children

Dishes:ginataan: with chicken; gabi leaves and runners, ingredient for tinolang manok, ingredient for tinolang karne




Study site: Brgy. Lucero, Jamindan, Capiz
Brgy. Molet, Jamindan, Capiz


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