katuk

Since 1996 was the first year we successfully grew katuk from seed, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to distribute it from our seedbank, but if you are willing to wait you can request seed from ECHO and we will put your name on a waiting list until seeds are ready in January.

2: Vegetables and small fruits in the tropics 1996

They eat both false roselle and katuk, but not chaya.

8: Plant protection and pest control 1996

A delegate at our Agricultural Missions Conference reported that katuk tips are now being grown and marketed in Hawaii.

2: Vegetables and small fruits in the tropics 1996

Our katuk, vegetatively propagated for some time, flowered but did not produce seed until we acquired plants from a different source (when they produced seed immediately); it is possible that separate plants are required for seed production or some varieties are selected for or against seed production.

2: Vegetables and small fruits in the tropics 1996

Some people recommend katuk for alley cropping systems with nitrogen-fixing trees.

2: Vegetables and small fruits in the tropics 1996

Sauropus, or katuk as it is called in Indonesia, is a highly popular, nutritious and appetizing green, leafy vegetable in the Philippines,

Chapter 9 1993