Kayu saku

Semecarpus cassuvium

fruit

The fleshy stalk is eaten like a fruit; the very young white leaves, raw.

Origin

Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Nothing else is eaten: the sap of the rest of the tree is highly poisonous.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Anthocyanins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

A cousin of the cashew, it bears its fruit like the cashew at the end of a swollen stalk.