Before it was called Santa Barbara, historical accounts say it was named catmon , as this variety of trees were landmarks in the route up Central Panay. Katmon (Family: Dilleniaceae , Synonyms: Dilenia speciosa , other names: Bihis, kulammbug, palali ) has thick foliage and distinctly big white flowers that eventually becomes round fruits. The fruit is covered with almost overlapping sort of dry skin that eventually becoems fleshy as it nears the core. What remains of the flower can still be found inside making it attractive but it reminds me of rambutan in some ways. It then becomes pulpy but look at those pulp so big that it puts pomelo and other citrus to shame. The sample fruit I got seemed to be still not ripe (I assume) that it wasn't that juicy and looks like a squashed bean. The fruit is sour but refreshing - my tastebuds likened the taste to kamias with hints of green apple and like the pomelo it becomes sweet at some certain ...