Tawa

Beilschmiedia tawa

fruit · nuts & seeds

Ripe purple fruits, like plums with thin flesh; the large seeds were cooked for a long time in the earth oven.

Origin

Forests of the North Island (New Zealand)

Season (United States)

February to April

Preparation

Fully ripe, the fruits are eaten raw, sucking the flesh from around the large stone.

Molecules

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

Did you know?

Its fruits feed the kererū, the New Zealand pigeon, one of the only birds able to swallow them.