Grey mangrove

Avicennia marina

vegetable

Bean-shaped seedlings, soaked and washed in several waters then cooked in earth ovens, among Aboriginal people of the North.

Origin

Mangroves of Australia, Africa and Asia

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Never raw: soaked and washed at length then cooked, otherwise they are bitter and toxic.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its roots push hundreds of small stems up out of the mud to breathe.