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Everything Else => Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles - Buy, Sell, & Trade => Topic started by: Kaelix87 on September 23, 2018, 01:07:50 PM

Title: Looking to buy a Filipino Vine Vegetable known as BagBagKong
Post by: Kaelix87 on September 23, 2018, 01:07:50 PM

Bagbagkong other names it goes by is sabidukong, tonkin jasmine,

Title: Re: Looking to buy a Filipino Vine Vegetable known as BagBagKong
Post by: polux on September 24, 2018, 05:13:14 PM

It is Telosma cordata. Very fragrant flowers. ;)

Title: Re: Looking to buy a Filipino Vine Vegetable known as BagBagKong
Post by: Kaelix87 on September 24, 2018, 11:49:29 PM

are they fragrant? my parents told me to find them so they could add it to their stews lol

Title: Re: Looking to buy a Filipino Vine Vegetable known as BagBagKong
Post by: polux on September 25, 2018, 03:04:36 PM

Yes, they are very fragrant - some kind of lemony /ylang smell

Title: Re: Looking to buy a Filipino Vine Vegetable known as BagBagKong
Post by: markinnaples on September 26, 2018, 01:41:15 AM

I believe that the plant for which you are looking is Telosma cordata. It is available from Logee's: https://www.logees.com/chinese-violet-telosma-cordata.html (https://www.logees.com/chinese-violet-telosma-cordata.html)

Title: Re: Looking to buy a Filipino Vine Vegetable known as BagBagKong
Post by: Kaelix87 on September 28, 2018, 03:13:28 PM

Thanks, I ordered some, I'll let my parents grow them and eat them first before I do <.< sounds sketch haha but I showed them a picture and they were like YEAH THOSE. not sure if they are edible... guess I'll find out soon   :P

Title: Re: Looking to buy a Filipino Vine Vegetable known as BagBagKong
Post by: Linh on October 24, 2018, 02:29:45 AM

My friend from San Diego was looking for this plant about six months ago. She ordered from Logees. The flowers look nicer and wider than the one that I bought from a vender at Swapmeet. My friend told me the one she bought from Logees is not the same variety from Philippines or Vietnam.
The flowers are fragrant in the evening until early morning.

(https://i.postimg.cc/NLZ5FCNx/1166-ECD2-9-D24-456-B-97-CE-297629351-BCB.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NLZ5FCNx)

(https://i.postimg.cc/3dpWvjVQ/2-ABA06-AA-7-B42-4-A1-F-9345-C392-F61-E7302.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/3dpWvjVQ)