Bonete

Jacaratia mexicana

fruit

A bonnet-shaped fruit with sweet pulp, gathered and sometimes grown.

Origin

Mexico and Central America

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

When fully ripe, it is opened and the pulp eaten raw, setting the seeds aside; the skin is not eaten.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

A cousin of the papaya, it grows in the dry forests from Mexico to El Salvador, where it is also called k'uun che.