Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1of 5

English and Tagalog names

Of Fruits and Vegetables


List of Philippine Vegetables
Names of vegetables in the Philippines in English and Tagalog.
 Abitsuwelas / Bitsuelas – Baguio bean, green bean, snap bean, string bean
 Alibangbang – Malabar bauhinia
 Alugbati – Malabar spinach
 Ampalaya – bitter melon, bitter gourd
 Apulid – water chestnut
 Atsuete – annatto seed
 Balatong – soy bean
 Bataw – hyacinth bean
 Bawang – garlic
 Bulaklak ng saging – banana blossom
 Endiba – endive
 Gabi – taro
 Gabing San Fernando – malanga, tannia, yautia, cocoyam
 Garbansos – chickpea, garbanzo bean
 Kabute – mushroom
 Kailan – Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale,
 Kalabasa – squash
 Kamatis – tomato
 Kamote – sweet potato
 Kamoteng kahoy – cassava, manioc, tapioca, yuca
 Kangkong – water spinach, ong choy, swamp morning glory
 Kasubha – dried safflower flower
 Kasuy – cashew
 Katuray – agati flower, corkwood tree flower
 Kinchay / Kintsay – Chinese celery, cutting celery, leaf celery
 Kuchay / Kutsay – garlic chive
 Kundol – winter melon
 Labanos – radish, daikon
 Labong – bamboo shoot
 Langkawas – galangal
 Laurel – bay leaf, laurel
 Letsugas / Litsugas – lettuce
 Linga – sesame
 Luya – ginger
 Luyang dilaw – turmeric, yellow ginger
 Mais – corn
 Malunggay – moringa
 Mani – peanut
 Mongo / Munggo – mung bean
 Toge / Togue – bean sprouts
 Mustasa – mustard / mustard green,
 Pandan – screw pine
 Patani – lima bean
 Patatas – potato
 Patola – angled loofah, ribbed gourd
 Pechay / Petsay – bok choy,
 Petsay Taiwan – Shanghai bok choy
 Pechay Baguio / Petsay Wombok – napa cabbage
 Pipino – cucumber
 Puso ng saging – banana heart
 Repolyo – cabbage
 Saluyot – jute
 Sampalok – tamarind
 Sangke – star anise
 Sayote – chayote
 Sibuyas – onion
 Sibuyas na mura – green onion, scallion,
 Sibuyas Tagalog – shallot
 Sigarilyas – winged bean
 Sili – chili (Capsicum spp.)
 Singkamas – jicama, yam bean
 Sitaw – yard-long bean
 Sitsaro / Tsitsaro – snow pea, sugar pea, mangetout
 Talong – eggplant
 Tanglad – lemongrass
 Tugi – Asiatic yam, lesser yam
 Ube – purple yam
 Ubod – coconut palm heart, coconut pith
 Upo – calabash, bottle gourd
 Uray – amaranth, pigweed
 Wansoy – cilantro, coriander leaf, Chinese parsley
Fruits
ENGLISH TAGALOG
almond almendras
apple mansanas
apricot aprikot
avacodo abukado
balsam apple ampalaya
banana saging
black berries duhat
blackberry lumboy
blueberry blueberry
brazil nut brasil na pili
cashew keshew
cherry seresa
chestnut kastanyas
citrus sitrus
coconut niyog
cranberry kranberya
cucumber pipino
date ratiles
fig igos
fruit prutas
gooseberry gusberi
grape ubas
grapefruit kahel
guava bayabas
jack fruit langka
kiwi prutas na tinatawag nilang kiwi
lanson lansones
lemon limon, kalamansi
lime apog
makopa makopa
mandarin dalanghita
mango mangga
nut pili
olive oliba
orange dalanghita
papaya papaya
passion fruit simbuyo ng damdamin ng prutas
peach melokoton
peanut mane
pear peras
pecan pekan
pineapple pinya
plum sirwelas
pomegranate granada
pomelo suha
raspberry prambuwesas
rhubarb ruwibarbo
rock melon melon
santol santol
star apple kaimito
strawberry presas, duhat
sugar apple atis
tamarid sampalok
tangerine tangherina
tomato kamatis
walnut wolnat
watermelon pakwan
Cantaloupe, Netted melon Melon
Mazanitas, Philippine Cherries Aratilis

http://www.multi-lingual-languages.com/Data/English/Tagalog/fruits.html
http://filipino-portal.blogspot.com/2012/09/philippine-vegetables.html

You might also like