Capiz : Eba

Cucumber tree (Averrhoa bilimbi) Family: Oxalidaceae

Vernacular Names: Eva, kamias

Parts utilized as vegetable and availability: fruits

Habitat: homegarden

Availability: all year round

Major uses: souring ingredient for fish and vegetable dish

Other uses: bath for person with fever, typhoid, chicken pox, small pox

Dishes:mixed with fish, mixed with meat, sinigang, binakhaw, atsara




Study site: Brgy. Lucero, Jamindan, Capiz
Brgy. San Jose, Tapaz, Capiz


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