The seeds of pineapple nectar can be eaten, either boiled or steamed.

As a tropical fruit, pineapple nectar's so-called seeds are its huge kernels, and they are found in every petal. Buy a whole pineapple honey, feel half of the weight is taken up by the seeds, many people eat it will be directly thrown away. In fact, pineapple honey seeds can be boiled or steamed and eaten, with a soft texture and a flavor similar to chestnut.

Pineapple honey is the world's largest and heaviest fruit, "tropical fruit queen" reputation. Pineapple nectar polyfloral fruit flesh structure like a honeycomb, the fruit is large, yellow-brown, the surface of the hexagonal tumor-like convex body and coarse hairs. The drupe is long oval, with a smooth surface. Cultivated varieties have two categories of dry pack and wet pack varieties. In Sri Lanka, it is known as the "rice tree" and can be used as a substitute for grain.

Brief description of the growing environment of pineapple nectar

Polo nectar is vertically distributed generally below 300 meters above sea level. Need high temperature, humidity, frost-free climate, suitable for born in the average annual temperature above 22-24 ℃, the coldest month average temperature is not less than 12 ℃, the absolute low temperature is not less than 0 ℃, the cumulative temperature of 7500 ℃ or more, the annual rainfall of 1200-1800 mm of the region.

The advection-type low temperature occurs when the average daily temperature of 9 ℃, the adult tree serious frost damage. Such as the winter of 1976 to the spring of 1977, the production area appeared more than fifty days of rainy low temperature (8.9 ℃) weather, many plants froze to death. Drought resistance is moderate, long drought often drop fruit, too much rain during flowering, also affects pollination.

The soil requirements are not demanding, in the acidic to slightly acidic clay loam, sandy loam or gravelly soil, can grow and develop normally, but to deep fertile and moist sandy loam is the best. Strengthen the positive species, the most light-loving, but seedlings, young trees slightly shade-tolerant, large trees need sufficient sunlight to normal fruit.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Polo honey