Nonda plum, Solomon Islands parinari

Where does Nonda plum grow?

Found in: Australia, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Solomon Islands, Torres Strait

Notes: There are about 50 Parinari species. They grow in the tropics.

Status: A minor edible wild fruit. The "nut-milk" was especially used for babies.

Growing Nonda plum, Solomon Islands parinari

Cultivation: The tree grows wild. They can be grown from fresh seed. It can probably be grown from cuttings of semi ripe wood.

Edible Uses: The ripe fruit is eaten raw. The floury pulp of the fruit can be ground into flour and baked.

Production: it is slow growing. Fruit occur in August and November (May). Fruit are bitter when fresh from the tree so are best ripened off the tree to make them more sweet. Burying them for a week has been used to improve ripening. They can be harvested after they fall. To make nut-milk the fruit was dried and the kernels crushed and the mash was washed, squeezed and strained to extract the white "nut-milk".

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Nonda plum, Solomon Islands parinari Photos

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