At least 75 seedlings of Balakat (Ziziphus talanai) will be planted on March 1, the third day of the 5-day festival, said Arwin Paul Lingat, the arts, culture and tourism officer, during the news ...

In a churchyard in Mabalacat, Pampanga, along the McArthur Highway, stands a gnarled, spiny tree, one of the few remaining balacat trees (Ziziphus talanai) that gave the town its name.