A tropical evergreen with grey trunk and rings created by the scars of
old leaf joints. In Java, the mature nuts are beaten flat and fried to
make a very popular "emping" and treated as potata crisps. Thai cooks
use the young shoots and inflorescences either raw or cooked and add the
young leaves to mix vegetable soup. In Indonesia, the leaves and seeds
are prescribed for anemia and fluid retention and the root as an
antidote for poison and treatment for malaria.
Taken in Spice Garden, Singapore
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