| I love these! I am only
after the nut inside, though I do also really enjoy biting through the
woody texture of the flesh around it. There are 6 Manila Palm trees in
my garden, and although its often called the Christmas Palm, one or more
of them will have red berries on them at different times, giving me this
fruit pretty much all year round.
Adonidia is a monotypic genus
of flowering plants in the Arecaceae family. It consists of one species,
the Manila Palm. It is commonly known as the "Christmas Palm" because its
fruits become bright scarlet and tend to be that color in winter. It is
found naturally growing only in the Philippines. It is threatened by habitat
loss. On the other hand, it is widely planted in cultivation and grows
well in tropical locations such as Hawaii and the southern half of the
Florida peninsula. |
