Large-leafed mangrove (bruguiera)

Bruguiera gymnorhiza

vegetable

Long cigar-shaped seedlings, peeled, soaked then boiled, eaten as a starch in the Solomon Islands.

Origin

Mangroves of Asia and the Pacific

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Always soaked and cooked for a long time: they are rich in tannins.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its seedlings sprout on the tree and drop, planting themselves in the mud like arrows.