Palak-palak

Palaquium lanceolatum

fruit

Green spindle-shaped fruits 2.5 to 3.5 cm long, with one seed, eaten raw; from a rare tree of the forests of Luzon, in the Philippines.

Origin

Luzon (Philippines)

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 wood is sold as nyatoh, for cigar boxes.