Yes, it’s very much edible. Jelly palm fruits are described as sweet, tart, and juicy, with a flavour that some compared to pineapple. Palm tree Pindo fruit can be eaten fresh from the tree, most people chew it and spit out the fibre with the seed, and it is used to make jellies and jams, or fermented into wine.
Is Jelly Palm Toxic?
Although no component of this plant is dangerous to humans, dogs, or cats, if you have an inquisitive dog, you should be cautious. It is not harmful, but if the dog eats too much of it, it may experience stomach pains and possibly vomit.
How To Make Jelly From Jelly Palm Fruit
Things You’ll Need:
- 6 to 8 cups of fresh Pindos
- 5 cups pinto / palm juice
- Cooking pot
- Cheesecloth
- 1 lemon
- 1 box fruit pectin
- 5 cups sugar
- 1/2 tsp. butter
Pour some palm fruit juice into a 6 or 8-quart saucepan. Stir pectin into juice until dissolved, add food colouring, and bring quickly to a hard boil, stirring occasionally. Add sugar all at once. Fill sterilised pint-sized canning jars halfway with jelly. Allow 5 to 10 minutes for the jelly to set. Place it in a cool and dry area of your kitchen.
How Can You Know If A Palm Tree Is Jelly Palm?
The Pindo palm is a single-trunked, upright palm. The blue-grey fronds have an odd-pinnately compound structure, are eight to ten feet long, and are sharply curled toward the stem. The thorns on the petioles point toward the leaf tip. Make sure you ACTUALLY know it’s a pindo palm, or find someone that does. We are not responsible!
Can You Eat Queen Palm Fruits?
The dates are frequently too tall to be easily harvested from Queen Palm. Dates are aromatic and delicious, with a big seed that is sticky and fibrous.
Normally, date meat is not eaten, but it is permissible. One just chews on the pulpy layer to remove the sugar, then spits out the fibre. Some people on the other hand enjoy fibre, yet it might induce belly aches in some people. Aside from being high in simple carbs, dates have antioxidant properties that are comparable to vitamin C.
Further Reading:
- Grow Guide: Trachycarpus Wagnerianus
- Can you eat Jelly Fruit Palm?
- Grow Guide: Butia Capitata
- How fast do Jelly Palms grow?
- How quickly does Trachycarpus Palm grow?
Other popular palm trees you might be interested in are the hardy backbone Trachycarpus Fortunei Chusan Palm, Butia Capitata, Chamaerops Humilis, Chamaerops Humilis Cerifera, Chamaerops Humilis Vulcano, Howea Forsteriana (Kentia Palm), Livistona Rotundifolia, Phoenix canariensis, Washingtonia Robusta, Areca Dypsis and Yucca Palms.
