The leaves of this nutricious and low maintenance plant is especially recommended for
mothers to help develop more breast milk for their newly-born infant/s.
15 years of using its leaves for tinola, ginitaang isda and ginisang mais dishes can't be wrong ...! :-)
I'm no expert when it comes to plants used for ingredients, but this one in particular - as grown in the backyard - is commonly referred to as Malunggay na Hapon. Mas mahaba ang mga dahon compared to the Malunggay na Pinoy with the roundish leaves that you may be more familiar with. As to whether the plant first originated in Japan (do such plants even grow in the cold?) or is merely the casual name for a descriptive attribute I cannot say ...