Jacitara

Desmoncus polyacanthos

fruit

A climbing palm bristling with hooked spines, clinging to the trees of the Amazon and the Guianas; its fruits are sometimes eaten.

Origin

Amazonia

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The ripe fruit is rinsed and eaten raw, spitting out the seeds or stone; the skin is left if it is tough.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its flexible stems are split into strips to weave baskets.