Mangoes, pineapples, and bananas are the most popular fruits in the Philippines, along with numerous other crops like green beans, morning glory. This Asian country also has a long list of locally grown, exotic produce. It is much more climate-adapted and tastier than the majority of European fruits and vegetables that you find in stores. When in season, you can find a lot of the native goods in stalls along the roadsides. Below we’ve listed 15 delicious vegetables native to the Philippines

The grass family Poaceae contains the cereal plant known as corn, also known as Indian corn or maize, and its edible grain. One of the most frequently grown food crops in the world, including in the Philippines, this domesticated crop has its origins in the Americas.

Human food, animal feed, biofuel, and industrial raw materials all use corn. Native Americans in southern Mexico domesticated corn for the first time around 10,000 years ago. Dent corn, flint corn, flour corn, sweet corn, and popcorn are some examples of commercial classifications that are mostly based on kernel texture.

Dent corn, grown for animal feed and food production, is distinguished by a depression in the kernel’s crown. This results from uneven curing of the soft and hard starch that makes up the kernel.

Chapter 15 - 15. Mais – Corn