What Are The Scientific Names Of Vegetables In Bahay Kubo Song?
BAHAY KUBO – Here are the scientific names of the vegetables that are mentioned in the well-known Filipino folk song Bahay Kubo.
English for nipa hut, this song is an entertaining way to introduce children to various kinds of vegetables. The song mentioned about 18 vegetables namely:
- jicama | singkamas
- eggplant | talong
- winged beans | sigarilyas
- peanuts | mani
- long beans | sitaw
- lablab | bataw
- lima beans | patani
- winter melon | kundol
- sponge gourd | patola
- bottle gourd | upo
- squash | kalabasa
- radishes | labanos
- mustard | mustasa
- onions | sibuyas
- tomatoes | kamatis
- garlic | bawang
- ginger | luya
- sesame | linga
The song lyrics, is as follows:
Bahay kubo, kahit munti
Ang halaman doon ay sari-sari.
Singkamas at talong, sigarilyas at mani
Sitaw, bataw, patani.
Kundol, patola, upo’t kalabasa
At saka mayroon pang labanos, mustasa,
sibuyas, kamatis, bawang at luya
sa paligid-ligid ay puro linga.
Here, we are going to know the scientific names of these vegetables. Here are the following, according to the Facebook page Life of an Agriculturist:
- Singkamas (Jicama) | Pachyrhizus erosus
- Talong (Eggplant) | Solanum melongena
- Sigarilyas (Winged beans) | Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
- Mani (Peanut) | Arachis hypogaea
- Sitaw (long beans) | Vigna unguiculata sub. sesquipedalis
- Bataw (lablab) | Lablab purpureus
- Patani (Lima beans) | Phaseolus lunatus
- Kundol (Winter melon) | Benincasa hispida
- Patola (Sponge gourd) | Luffa acutangula
- Upo (Bottle gourd) | Lagenaria siceraria
- Kalabasa (Squash) | Cucurbita maxima
- Labanos (Radish) | Raphamus sativus
- Mustasa (Mustard) | Brassica juncea
- Sibuyas (Onion) | Allium cepa
- Kamatis (Tomato) | Solanum lycoperiscum
- Bawang (Garlic) | Allium sativum
- Luya (Ginger) | Zingiber officinare
- Linga (Sesame) | Sesamum indicum
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