Nicobar breadfruit

Pandanus leram

fruit

A huge red fruit of a screw pine from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, weighing 14 to 18 kilos, whose tender parts are eaten cooked.

Origin

Andaman Islands and southern Java

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

It is cooked whole, boiled or baked, then the tender parts are pulled off and eaten; the tough fibres and outer skin are left.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its fibres make paintbrushes, and its leaves, more than five metres long, ceremonial girdles in the Andamans.