Gingerbread plum (Cayor apple)

Neocarya macrophylla

fruit

A brown fruit with mealy, sweet flesh, eaten raw, whose kernel is roasted or yields an oil.

Origin

Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau

Season (United States)

April to June

Preparation

The mealy flesh is eaten raw, around the stone; the kernel is taken from the cracked stone and roasted before being eaten.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

It grows mainly in Cayor, the coastal region of Senegal that gave it its name.