Edible and poisonous plants of the Caribbean region ediblepoisonousp00dahl Year: 1944 60 47* Provision Tree Pachira This tree may be either small or large and is usually found growing in swamps or on the banks of streams. The large flowers are pink and white, the russet brown fruits are rough to the touch, often a foot long and very heavy. Inside the skins is a profusion of edible brown seeds imbedded in a solid white pulp. The seeds, which resemble chestnuts (lower right of illus- tration), may be eaten raw or cooked. They are called saba nuts on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, zapoton,

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Edible and poisonous plants of the Caribbean region ediblepoisonousp00dahl Year: 1944 60 47* Provision Tree Pachira This tree may be either small or large and is usually found growing in swamps or on the banks of streams. The large flowers are pink and white, the russet brown fruits are rough to the touch, often a foot long and very heavy. Inside the skins is a profusion of edible brown seeds imbedded in a solid white pulp. The seeds, which resemble chestnuts (lower right of illus- tration), may be eaten raw or cooked. They are called saba nuts on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, zapoton, pumpunjuche, zapote bobo, zapote de agua and apompo in Mexico and Central America; and ceibon de aguay ceibon and castanosilvestre in Cuba.

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