Scolopia

Scolopia luzonensis

fruit

Small red berries six millimetres across, eaten raw, from a shrub of dry thickets and sandy beaches, from the Philippines to Sulawesi.

Origin

Philippines, Sabah, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands

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 very hard wood is apparently not used.