TIL - Pandanus tectorius, also known as Hala fruit, has segmented, large fruits with a diameter of 4–20 cm and a length of 8–30 cm. The fruits are made up of 38–200 wedge-like keys (phalanges)
Hala fruit, which is eaten exclusively by Pacific Islanders and visitors to the region, is made up of dozens of segments, called keys or cones. The innards of each key are pulpy, while the green outer edge is so fibrous it can be used as dental floss. Islanders chew on the raw fruit, boil it with grated coconut, or grind it into a paste. One taster likened the flavor of fresh hala juice to “a mixture of sugarcane and mango,” with the consistency of thick nectar.
The fruit ferments rapidly, emitting a stench that’s earned it the nickname “stink nut.”
It reminds me of the segments seen in Monstera Deliciosa fruit, except that's got a long cylindrical shape rather than a spheroid shape that can measure upto 30-40cm long by 10cm wide. Those segments are a pale yellow though, and they taste like banana crossed with pineapple. Kind of looks like a banana x pineapple as well!
Reminds me a lot like a sugar apple, if it's anything like that then the flavor is very slight, almost flavorless. A lot like straight unflavored sugar that is significantly less sweet
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plantedworld@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 2y
Alright miners, there's an ommoran hearthstone in this area
salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 2y
Did somebody say ROCK AND STONE?!
OCATMBBL@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
ROCK
AND
STONE
clifftiger@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y
The glow is strangely alluring!
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 2y
I saw them build this in Oppenheimer
who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 2y
How does it taste?
protist@mander.xyz · 89 pts · 2y
https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/hala-fruit
name_NULL111653@pawb.social · 30 pts · 2y
So a mango durian but less putrid and more... tropical. Interesting.
Zorque@kbin.social · 30 pts · 2y
Heh, stink nut.
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 8 pts · 2y
That's what they called me in school. Puberty is a mean son of a bitch! 🤪
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Times like this I miss the RES tags. Would so tag you as "stink nut" lol
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 2y
Oh you flatterer, you! 😂
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JJROKCZ@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y
Looks like a planetary model that’s showing the core
lalo@discuss.tchncs.de · 25 pts · 2y
Looks really similar to Araucaria angustifolia's fruit
emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 2y
Reminded me of a pomegranate but I'd never seen that fruit before, that's definitely closer. I imagine they all must have some common ancestor though.
sentinelthesalty@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
You can't fool me that's a plutonium core.
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
Don't touch that screwdriver
chaotic_disorganizer@feddit.de · 14 pts · 2y
Aka the yummy Demon core
Instigate@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 2y
It reminds me of the segments seen in Monstera Deliciosa fruit, except that's got a long cylindrical shape rather than a spheroid shape that can measure upto 30-40cm long by 10cm wide. Those segments are a pale yellow though, and they taste like banana crossed with pineapple. Kind of looks like a banana x pineapple as well!
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 7 pts · 2y
Is it a delicious monster of a fruit, a delicious fruit for monsters or a fruit for delicious monsters? Inquiring and weird minds want to know!
Instigate@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
(D) All of the above
JackiesFridge@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Looks like an exploding moon in every sci Fi anime
Anticorp@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
Does it taste like a pomegranate? It looks like it would taste like a pomegranate.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 2y
That's Brittle Hollow and you can't convince me otherwise.
beebarfbadger@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Candy corn dragon egg
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one · 5 pts · 2y
Wheres the seed(s)? Within that center anchor point? Or partitioned somewhere within the segments?
meanmon13@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y
Reminds me a lot like a sugar apple, if it's anything like that then the flavor is very slight, almost flavorless. A lot like straight unflavored sugar that is significantly less sweet