In the warm and moist atmosphere of the equatorial zone, there is a great variety of plant species. The lack of clear seasons in this area causes, that the plants develop lush all the time. There is an abundance of edible plant species, including many nutritious fruits and vegetables. Always try a plant unknown to you, Before you eat it and try to make sure, Is it not poisonous. Here are some of the most common plants in this zone.
Bamboo (Pseudosasa)
Cut the young bamboo stalks at the base and fission with a knife. Choose a delicate flesh from the inside. It can be cooked in the water like asparagus. Bamboo seeds are also edible. There are many different varieties of this plant in the world.
Jackpot (Amaranthus)
This plant reaches a meter high. Chop the leaves and stems into small pieces and cook in salted water like spinach. Young leaves can be eaten raw in the form of a salad.
Palm trees (Palm)
Young Palm shoots, such as coconut, Over, Sagowa, also called sagownica, They are edible. A nutritional starch flour is obtained from the core of the sago palm trunk – sago, which can be cooked like rice. However, not all palm trees are edible.
Palm tip
The top of some palm trees can also be edible. You can cook it or eat raw. Do not eat palm fruit, which you don't know.
Flavor
Crush the leaves of an unknown plant and if it stinks or a separate scent resembles the smell of almonds, Leave her. Rub the leaf juice into the skin of the hand from below. If there are no bubbles or other disturbing symptoms, You can go to the next stage of the test. Put a piece of leaf on the lips, Then in the corner of the mouth, at the end of the tongue and under the language. Hold the leaf for about five seconds each time. If no unpleasant aftertaste or burning appears, swallow the leaf. Wait five hours, without eating. If there are no ailments or the slightest symptoms of malaise, You can eat a plant.
Most trees and shrubs produce fruit in various forms. They can be pitches, berries, nuts, szupine fruit (For example, apples). Most of them have high nutritional values. Flower buds, Young shoots and a sip of some trees are also suitable. Some trees also secrete juices, which you can drink. The needles of some coniferous trees are rich in vitamin C and can be brewed with hot water by preparing tea.
Spruce (Picea)
The sip of spruce is rich in vitamin C. It's best to collect them at the bottom of the trunk, near the roots. They should be separated from hard bark and cook in water, until it softens and will be suitable for eating. Entry infusion can be made of spruce needles.
Clone (Acer)
Juice flowing from cut clone trunks or natural cracks in the bark contains a lot of sugar. This syrup can be cooked, Until it thickens and a sweet, calorie syrup.
Other trees
Young pine needles (Pinus) They have a nice taste for the palate and you can brew tea. Łyko osiki (Populus) has high nutritional value, while birch (Betula) secretes a very tasty juice. Wanting to collect the juice, cut the bark of the tree in the letter V, However, without damaging more than the fourth part of the trunk circumference. Other trees, which provide food, It's a holy bread, Baby (Ceratonia) and tamarind; They have fleshy pods.
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