Kakadu plum

Terminalia ferdinandiana

fruit

A small, tangy green fruit, the richest in vitamin C known, eaten raw or as a powder.

Origin

Northern Australia

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The fruits are eaten raw, whole, spitting out the stone; as powder, half a teaspoon is stirred into a yogurt or juice, without cooking.

Molecules

Vitamin CIn small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

A hundred grams contain up to fifty times the vitamin C of an orange.