- State of the World’s Forests 2012 is out. Save some trees by downloading the PDFs.
- More from FAO: Potential Effects of Climate Change on Crop Pollination. Stick that in your crop model.
- And then there’s climate change and bamboos — of interest to more than pandas?
- Bioversity policy wonks call for New strategies and partnerships for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources. What was wrong with the old ones?
- Kew says The taste of the Amazon is Cupuaçu. A name I recognized only because I recently spent half a lifetime on Wikipedia’s entry for Theobroma.
- Smithsonian says The taste of Indonesia is salak, a name I didn’t recognise even when told it is snakefruit. Or Salacca zalacca, a name to really conjure with.
- Cynthia says, the taste of love is pomegranate. Let us go to the vineyards to see …
“Smithsonian says The taste of Indonesia is salak, a name I didn’t recognise even when told it is snakefruit. Or Salacca zalacca, a name to really conjure with.”
Or rattan fruits by another name, which explain the “snake” part – because the plant snakes up into the canopy of the rainforest. Southern Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia all enjoy numerous species of this fruit, fermented and fresh, as a treat.
Thanks for that.
Also, apparently, the skin of the fruit resembles snakeskin.