Bakong

Pandanus dubius

nuts & seeds · fruit

White seeds tasting of coconut and cooked fruit flesh, eaten on Guam, in the Philippines and on Rota.

Origin

Guam, Mariana Islands and the Philippines

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The seeds are taken out of the segments of the fruit and eaten raw or roasted; the fibrous flesh, for its part, is only eaten after cooking.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Magnesium · Insoluble fibers · Protein

Did you know?

It is a pandanus, a cousin of the one whose leaves scent rice in Asia.