ANo an NaMI-misS nINDONG pRUTAS sA bICOL?

kurumbot,saka siregwelas… an cacao prutas man yan? msiramon bga kya murumulmulon an tu’lang kayan….

GUMIHAN. nakatana palang ako last month. love it.

Salamatunun…Dyos Mabalos, Thesa!
I know I was not crazy…
There is such a thing as Tambis and Macopa in Bicol…
but in tagalog tambis is called macopa…they do not know what tambis is…
and they are totally different in taste and in seeds.

pakabasa ko kan post mo po sir franky, napaisip man ako na magkaiba ba or parehas lan ba sa bikol ang prutas na ini. hinapot ko opinyon kan madir ko, sabi nya parehas lan daw na prutas dahil iisang pamilya lan ito… para maliwanagan, nag research ako ki kadikit at ito po:

04 Jan2009

Tambis Makopa Side By Side…
by Marketman

Finally, proof positive that “tambis” and “makopa” for Visayans at
least, are distinct yet closely related fruit. It all started out with this first post
several years ago, which referred to both of these species as tambis,
as I had always done as a child. Then, one of my readers was perturbed
by my lack of tambis/makopa knowledge, so I did a follow up post here
(worth reading if you are really interested in the difference between
the two fruit) to positively identify the scientific names of both
fruit. That same reader sent me some photos many months ago but I
couldn’t figure out how to get them into a publishable form, so I had
to wait until I got my hands on both fruit at the same time (which
isn’t so easy as the seasons apprarently barely overlap). Tambis, on the left in the photo above or water apple or syzgium aqueum and makopa, on the right or malay apple or syzgium malacenssis…

You can clearly see from the cross-section cuts that the skin, shape
and seed of the fruits differ, and I have to say I am partial to the
taste of tambis, with the thin skin and often refreshing and sweetish
pulp while the makopa is denser, and at least the ones I tried, less
tasty. But I have to add that I saw lots of brilliant looking makopa on
a recent trip to Vietnam and Cambodia so maybe those would have tasted
better than the ones I have eaten here…

For many folks on the island of Luzon, they would refer to either of these fruits as makopa, and if a perusal of neighborhood trees is a good sample, I think there are more “tambis” trees than “makopa”
trees in Manila and the surrounding areas. What’s the big deal anyway?
Just one of accuracy… And as I mention in earlier posts, even the
venerable Doreen Fernandez and Desmond Tate seem to have missed the
subtle distinction between the two fruit… so if they were a bit
confused, what about the rest of us?

Here a photo of “makopa” while the third photo is of “tambis.” I hope that is sufficiently straightened out for everyone… :)Online reference: http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/tambis-makopa-side-by-side

Isa sa nami-miss kong prutas sa bicol ay yong Kanggom (sa tagalog ay kamagong), basta yong matamis at mabango, gustong gusto ko yon, nakakasawa/nakakaumay nga laang. Noon sa Iriga marami kaming matataas na puno sa paligid ng bahay, sa gabi pag dumapo ang ma-iingay na kulalapnit/kulabidong, segurado sa umaga, ang daming nalaglag na hinog at mga buto sa lupa…!Dios Mabalos Kaninyo Ngamin…!!

Tambis nan baligang so ako namimiss..saro pa su biyawas hahahahaha!

sirigwelas at dulungan, isawsaw sa suka at kalamansi…