Brought the fruit to boil in one gallon of water. The other issue is the seeds. Comments. It is called the jelly palm because the fruits, in a good year, have enough natural pectin to make jelly, barely. In fact, they are a very common landscape plant in southern climes and most owners are glad to give you the fruit and surprised to learn they are edible. I got my two trees from Home Depot and have encouraged many food forest enthusiasts to add a few to their plans. Bring to boil and cook until you have about 3.5 cups of infused juice. Hmmmm…. In fact, I labeled it syrup. Dramatic foliage colors are sure to please the senses, no matter where you plant this Pindo palm tree. There is no way I could process that much fruit. Queen Palms… very sweet and not nearly as much flavor. In Brazil is called Jerivá. looks like a pitted olive seed when done! Any tips for getting it to set up? Search for plants by entering key words and phrases, specific characteristics, or both, then click on the "Search" button. Usually when they start to look bad there is little that can be done. In the warmer zones, 3 to 4 feet long creamy yellow to reddish flower clusters produce a sweet, edible fruit called pindos. Mine are Yellow with very red tops. You can see one of them here: Pindo palm fruit are not great off the tree, but the jelly… incredible. I have a test, If you can remove the fruit from the stalk exactly like you open a child-proof med bottle, use it. They taste really nice, although fiddly. Designed and Developed by PenciDesign, When Life Gives You Scrubland, Plant an Amazing Permaculture Garden! I am very interested in roasting the pindo seeds as a coffee substitute. If it’s the size of a ping pong ball and slight soft under pressure, use it, otherwise…. Hello! It ranges across northern Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. I had to develop a kids technic because t took brick to crack it but often would smash the whole thing. About 30 mins later I noticed a stomachache…then burning in my stomach…soon the whole digestive tract lips to stomach, including esophagus, throat, mouth and tongue. I named them after me, Lou nuts. Just use Jelly Palm recipies but you may have to use less sugar. Three others are still green. They often just fall on the ground unused and are available for the asking. But a queen palm is not just eye candy, for these trees also offer a delicious fruit that is completely edible. the land. I was thinking about blending the fruit once seeds are removed with coconut milk..was thinking about muffins, drinks, popsicles and cobblers. I am located in Ocala if that matters. I once harvested about 50lbs from the Ocala agricultural extension offices and made jelly with them. Incidentally, the seeds are about 45% oil and are used in some countries to make margarine. Edible's fruit arrangements and fruit baskets are perfect for any special occasion. Agree to the comments re. They fruit when quite young, you have only a few years to wait. I started making the jelly this year after watching a video and I cook the whole fruit for 1 hour and use a potato masher to mash it up while it’s cooking. It is, however, very sugary and full of fiber that’s tough to eat. Very ripe queen palm fruit can be used. What I ask is are you sure it was a Pindo Palm? Has anyone experienced a reaction to Pindo jelly. So you apply pressure to the fruit in 1 hand and hold the stalk in the other. Will try to make jelly (I prefer jams and preserves because of the whole and crushed fruit in them. ) I thought of trying to contact someone native to South America who may have recipes, just not sure how to go about that. I got to the fruit of the pindo in the Publix parking lot before the landscapers cleaned up and now have 2 palms growing that are a couple of years old. The name Pindo comes from the town of Pindo in southern Brazil where the palm is native. Also makes a great pancake syrup. We grew cantaloupes one year and too much rain made them taste bland and watery. When I am ready to make jelly, lay frozen fruit on old towel on sturdy plank or cutting board and while in freezer bag smash with meat tenderizer mallet (smooth side). It’s an alternative to cutting it off by hand that works for me… I neglected to say seeds and most of the fiber are left in the strainer, but I just tried your suggestion of rubbing the seeds out after breaking it all up with the mixer. Photo by Green Deane. When I was younger and very curious, I sampled the dried seeds of the pindo palm. All rights reserved. I’m in South Australia and have just picked a bowl full of dates (May). And no wood tase in the jelly and I always cook the whole fruit. Do you have a recipe for making a pie? Cemeteries remind me of Pindo Palms. We will try making wine next year, especially if we can collect from more of the trees in the neighborhood. I believe the red fruit is Queen palm, but the tree is not any taller than the jelly palm. The directions for the wine are not very clear can anyone give a better instruction? She soaked the fruit in water. Good site. The queen palm fruit don’t taste bad but there isn’t much on them. I have a pindo that is roughly 12-14 feet tall. Comments or questions about this site, or for permission to use photos and information, http://oneminutehealings.blogspot.ca/2012_09_01_archive.html. Back to y Then I let it sit. Also the frond of the palm do not fall off as I believe some species do and that this is the difference for Butia yattay to Butia capitata , is this correct? Thanks. I am doing the standard jelly and syrup, and will be doing wine. Our neighbor who is a traditional Gaucho said the little nuts can be roasted in the oven and ground for a unique type of coffee, apparently they also make a popular liquor from it. Pectin: 2 TBS It tastes great although not quite as “tropical” flavored as the plain fruit. We live in central florida. I have what I thought was this Pindo palm, but the fruit is not pulpy at all and it is more orange than yellow. I looked at Food Network, All Recipes, various culinary sites – nothing. I have been searching the Internet trying to find recipes for Queen Palm Fruit – I can’t find anything!! I am getting fruit off my tree now, which is November 17. You won’t regret it. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/ST/ST10500.pdf. It is delicious and comes out a clear, amber/orangey color. Definitely “cut” the whole head when they’re ripe. Striking form includes a stout, thick trunk with bold foliage sprays from the top. First time it has fruit the tree. Fruiting varies year-to-year, any time from July through September. They probably are fermenting – try again next year when the rain isn’t so heavy. Add the sugar syrup, tannic acid and yeast nutrient and make up to 5 liters. Photo by Green Deane Lastly, don’t confuse the fruit of the Queen Palm with the Pindo Palm. And what’s your take on the likelihood of a pindo palm growing well in Zone 10? It happens. Then I laddle and strain pulp and liquid into sturdy bottles or jars and freeze until ready to make the jelly or wine, etc., sometimes using a tough jelly bag. One would like to say cut the fruit out but it hangs on so tenaciously to the pulp you really have to cut the fruit off the seed. definitely fiborous. I was surprised that a goodly number of the boiled seed sprouted, so when about 6 inches high, I transferred into pots for me and family and friends.Cathy, I too love free food that most people ignore or throw away—palm fruit, pecans in from of our YMCA, poke berries to help relieve arthritis inflamation. The fruit it produces is edible and is sometimes made into jelly-which is why it is also nick-named “Jelly Palm”. A final specific gravity of about 1.020. Put in small quantities at a time.Turn on grate for about 20 seconds and you can pick out the seeds from the liquid. I bought my house from someone who owned a rare plant nursery. Any suggestions? Anyone experience this? They taste like how they usually taste from the rest of the fruit cluster that is dropped; but with a hint of medjool date caramel and agave golden honey. Thanks for the tip! That same pectin makes for a cloudy wine, the other common use and name for the plant, Wine Palm. The burning lasted for about 5 hours before it started to wane. One writer said they have a “terrific taste that starts out like apple and transforms to tart tropical flavors as it tantalizes the tongue.” To me they taste like a banana and a nectarine put together. Great info, we recently moved to Uruguay and discovered a plethora of hanging fruit from our palm out back. Pindo Palms are also  lost fruit. This palm is often confused with Butia capitata, which is larger. This Pindo Palm fruit will be used to make wine. I chuck all the mush and seeds into my compost pile. Related Species: Yatay Palm ... Fruit: The 2 inch, oval, egg-yellow, edible fruits hang down in bunches and are fleshy and sweet. The fruit flavor resembles apricots or a pineapple-banana mixture. Twist gently, if the fruit comes off clean it’s ready to use, if you can’t get the stalk & top off it’s not worth all the rest of the trouble. I do have a little problem with my jelly firming up enough to suit me. If you come across any, please share! Could that have a bearing on the color of the fruit? None of them produced fruit. Of course, once you have juice from the palm many things can be made from it and no southern home should be without a jelly palm. I’d have no problem with cutting of the seed panicle if they were ripe. Thank you. If too thick I add a bit more water. I have several Queen Palms in my yard. The skin is edible but the fiber does bother some tummies. Does it need to be trimmed? Your Selection: Sort by: Price Low to High Price High to Low. Also should I be fertilizing it? It is great for growing in USDA Zones 7b (5 to 10 F) to 11 (above 40 F). Coconut, pineapple, passion fruit – you taste notes of different tropical delights in it. You may not believe this, but it’s true. It has been raining almost every day for around a month now. I never get any fruit off of it. But its definately a Pindo because of the stout thick trunk and I am guessing its about 10 years old, maybe a big older. Nature provides. This seems to help break down the fibrous nature of it. Then I made a pudding with tapioca. And the aroma of the fruit is intoxicating. We have a Palm in our yard. Cold Tolerance: Pindo Palm Tree can tolerate cold down to 5F when mature enough. The seeds were attractive due to being shaped like chocolate chips and tasting a bit like coconut. Butia capitata is the Latin name.”. My husband ran to the store to get an antacid…which didn’t help at all. I’d love your favorite wine recipe and sorbet recipe. They are at least 30 feet high. Add the pectinase dissolved in a little water and leave for several hours. Honestly, it had a very unpleasant bitter taste that sort of clung, a little worse than endive in salad. Help. Easy way to remove the seed. (The fruits spoil almost a quickly as they ripen. Pindo palm fruit is too fibrous for making pies, I would think. Large amount of pectin for a small amount of edible flesh, and that flesh had shards of lignin through it, like shredded toothpicks. we found that we had to double the pectin because it did not set up and it could be because of the oil from the. Now there are machines for such things. Great fruit. Pindo palm fruit are not great off the tree, but the jelly… incredible. That was my experience with the pindo palm fruit, also known as jelly palm. (Don’t rotate around, that does not cut away all of the pulp.) Make up the wine starter. My tree also produces orange fruits – quite small with a large seed inside and not much flesh. 1 TBS yeast nutrient For wine: Cover the fruit with water then use clean hands and rub out the seeds. Pindo palm fruit appears in the summer and is yellowish-orange, about the size of figs. Pindo Palms help create a tropical atmosphere on our campus and require nearly no maintenance. They suck the juice more than actually eating them. The palm trees produce pindo fruit, which has a citrus smell and a succulent taste. It’s in full sun, clay soil, and I rarely water it, as it’s part of my xeriscape. Put out 4 stems with about 100 or more fruit per stem, guessing anyway. Should I cut them off as new growth appears? I have 1 pindo palm tree. I had always wondered what the local wild parrots were eating outside a Home Store in the SF Valley. Can you sent me a picture? Pindo is much better. Now I know. I have had the palm for 30 years and it always killed me to throw those “grapes” out. The fruit of this graceful palm is light orange to brownish red and can be used to make jelly. Smells like a peach/mango cross and tastes like a peach with pineapple overtones. Pindo palms grow in the southern United States in areas such as South Carolina and Florida. They grow in bunches and have a similar shape to grapes. Learn how your comment data is processed. I have a queen palm tree loaded with fruit, can I eat them? I suspect the fruit of the B. capitata was made into jelly more often than pies et cetera because eating it is similar to eating sugar cane, in that it is tasty but very fibrous. Acid Level: 4.5 ), also found in California, Florida and the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, delivers bite-sized yellow or orange fruits which hang from the tree in large sprays. 1 whole banana (later cut into slices) and a second banana skin. Full sun. Taste great! Look for short spines on each side of the frond. Going to be interested in how the jelly tastes. I am located in Destin, Fl. Have been making blueberry and strawberry jam with citrus as natural pectin. I have to disagree with you that Pindo Palm fruit is always yellow. Pindo will grow in South Florida, though UF says it’s not as happy as it is further north. “On the short walk from the pool to the house we rent in the “low country” in South Carolina, Winter picked a berry from the tons of these little palm trees in the community and said, “Mom, smell this.” Well, I’ve played that game before and it’s not always fun. I love at recipes that you have posted. It seems that the fronds closest to the ground are dying. However, fat is so important in times of need it is still done by hand. Put in blender with water. I made jelly and thought all was going great. Jelly avoids that potential issue. It is fruiting right now in California. Cooking whole is the easiest route. What did you find? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. You can check, here in Argentina and all of latin america where it grows we call Pindó to the Queen Palm. It was four years old when purchased; they are slow growers. ‘Hot Button’ - click here to learn more about this feature! Many of us do not know that this fruit is edible and that is why it is very less and uncommon in the consumer market. Would that be a possibility or is the fruit too fiberous? You’ll also find a recipe for pindo palm jelly in her post. Any info is appreciated. There is no apparent cause, but it looks to be dying. Thanks.Lori. Also pick up what drops. It is used to make jellies and fermented for wine. Then I put the all the smashed fruit into a big stainless steel pot, cover with water, and boil till mush (about 30 minutes), occasionally smashing even more w potatoes masher. I agree to receive up to 6 autodialed text messages per month from or on behalf of Edible Arrangements, LLC about promotions, special offers, and discounts at the phone number provided above. Now it’s considered a palm that creates a mess on lawns. My 2 trees produce a conservatively estimated 1200 pounds a year. This Pindo Palm fruit will be used to make wine. And it tastes great. Thank you! . That they can cross with a Queen Palm is interesting? Also, I always cut my fruit off the nut before cooking the fruit. I only eat the fruits that fall to the ground with a gentle shake of the peduncle, as they are fully ripe and less fiber. Lots of small green parrots have gone wild in the Banana Belt of Burbank and Pasadena ( no frost and big old banana and avocado trees ) in good weather parrots come west into the San Fernando Valley. Rubbed fruit. Actually am making jelly with the first ripening of fruit today. Very tasty. I am getting the dates from my neighbor and I am going to make fig and palm mixed jelly. While the resemblance is superficial, and the Queen Palm usually much taller, they make a similar stalk of fruit and lose them the same way. They do hydridize. They were once the stable of every southern yard that didn’t dip below 12º F degrees or so. The jelly palm (Butia capitata Becc. The fronds look very pokey, but are rather soft. We started collecting the fruit. Friends make the job go quicker. Five Pounds of Whole Pindo Palm Fruit we made our first batch of pindo jelly and kept the seeds in to make the juice . did you keep all the fiberous bits. IDENTIFICATION:An evergreen tree growing to 20 by 12 feet, a long spike of green fruit — see upper right — turning yellow then dropping, ripe fruit very fragrant. They can cross with the Queen Palm and get reddish. ENVIRONMENT: Landscape plant that likes full sun,sandy well-drained soil but needs moisture, grows fuller if in partial shade. I place a new string laundry bag over the bract to catch fruit as they ripen and fall. Can we eat the Pindo Palm fruit? How did it turn out? Since three cups is the standard for Sure Jell, start with six cups of ripe fruit. Note the spines on the fronds in the upper right picture. Pindo palms are often used as a specimen tree and draw a variety of wildlife with their sweet fruit. AS the Fruit are now dropping ( March) I’m going to collect them and try to preserve some for jam making. I then use an electric mixer to mash the fruit off of the seeds. I hate to just throw them away. Perhaps I should do a separate article on the queen palm. Fronds are very long. How can I prevent this from happening? The fruit is described as fibrous. Mash up the fibrous fruit pulp. Their silvery foliage and cold-hardiness makes them very popular. We did not know what this “fruit” branch was as it was growing & changing; even when the fruit started turning yellow. I double the pectin in just about every jelly/jam I make. The seeds can even be roasted for a coffee substitute. Is this normal? I have been making Pindo Jelly from my Pindo Palm for many years; however, this year I am going to attempt to make Pindo Wine. In this video I highlight the characteristics of the edible and tasty Pindo Palm. They dry easily and very well. These fruits are foraged and are not cultivated for commercial sale. In the summer, it blooms beautiful yellow to reddish flowers that add to its year round interest. Also, It seems that if you boil too long you lose pectin? I have had it for about 5 years now. I freeze the fruit until it is all ripe, then thaw it. Cut it from the seeds before cooking — or cook it whole? I thought I answered this before. It is definitely a pindo and not a queen, but my fruit is reddish orange. It is about 10 feet tall. Should we cut it down or try to save it? You may hear it referred to as Pindo Palm or as Jelly Palm. Indeed, one of the common complaints about the Pindo Palm is that it produces too much fruit… Think about that:  Only a nation with yards of decapitated grass and an obesity epidemic would think  a plant produces too much food. Pindo Palm Care Size & Growth. PINDO PALM, butia capitata, jelly palm edible fruit seeds Currently unavailable. We stew them into an absolutely delicious jelly with sugar to taste and jar them. It is full of fruit right now, and just starting to ripen on one stalk. I wonder if your neighbor was talking about pejibaye? The Long-Awaited, Gigantic, Starting Fruit Trees From Seed... Update on Growing Cherries and Almonds in Florida. Would be fantastic to locate recipes for this fragrant fruit. We had several fruit branches on the tree. The Pindo Palm is tolerate of salt water, droughts and is tough enough to deal with weather stresses when mature. Which way is best to prepare the fruit? This Pindo Palm fruit will be used to make wine. The house we bought came with a mature pindo in the front yard. 1.2 kg sugar dissolved in 1 liter boiling water and cooled, ½ tsp tannic acid (optional – slightly alters the taste and lightens the color of the wine). The pindo fruit, or "pindo dates," resemble palm dates. Its common local name is Yatay. The core of the tree is also edible, as like the cabbage palm, but that also kills the tree so reserve that for palms only slated for development execution. I may be dead before they make fruit, but they sprouted from seed easily. I have queen palms that produce the orange fruit when they ripen. I have one jelly palm and one tree that looks exactly like the jelly palm, but it has red fruit. Besides Florida, it’s a popular landscape plant throughout the Gulf and southeastern Atlantic coastal regions and northern California, places that are subject to only occasional frosts. is that true? Also called Jelly Palms, the pindo palm is a common landscape tree for drought-tolerant hot areas. Copyright 2007-2018 – This web page is the property of Green Deane, LLC. This is very effective as long as the fruit are not too small. When I get the recipe I will share if anyone’s interested. Jelly palm fruit is often eaten fresh, off the tree, though its name comes from the most common preparation for these small fruits - jelly. We have made a lot of jelly so far; we added cardamom and blueberry to some as well and they all turned out fantastic. Rack and add sugar as necessary. These are fresh this year's 2020 seeds, harvested from fully mature fruit … You can also subscribe without commenting. I drink the juice early in the mornings with a little honey added for a sweet fiber drink without fussing to get the pits out. Lastly, don’t confuse the fruit of the Queen Palm with the Pindo Palm. Light Req: Partial shade to Full sun. The fruit of these common palms can be eaten by both humans and dogs with complete safety. Seed is large and what pulp there is sticks to it pretty firmly. I’d love to see the recipe or did you wing it? The look of the this palm is unique yet versatile. The Queen Palm’s fruit when ripe is always orange to red in color. Needed to nearly double the amount of pectin called for in the recipes, possibly due to cooking the fruit off the sides which may have resulted in “extra” oil??? So, chewing the fruit and spitting out the fiber is accepted practice. We moved to the Panama City, FL area recently and have two of these trees in our back yard. SG: 1050, SG: 1002 to secondary 6.3% Planning on cutting them off sometime this week. I don’t know. The store planted the palms for landscaping. Very sweet and juicy. One peduncle will bear ripe fruit for about four days, then the next peduncle will start to ripen. It’s easier to cook whole. I apply organic fertilizer once a year, usually in June or July. TIME OF YEAR: Evergreen, fruits in late spring in Florida. Can you tell us what this is, and how to protect and use it? They have ton’s of fruit and I’d like to try and make jelly from them. She picked and I did not see the tree. Looks like I will have enough for about 5 or 6 jars. Use a cherry pitter to remove the seeds. I have what I think is a Pindo Palm in my backyard here in Wilmington ,NC. Pick the fruit as it ripens, or off the ground. Thank you. Corinne, can you please post the recipe you made for the Banana bread and the recipe for the unique type of coffee? They are inexpensive, hardy, showy and bountiful. I like picking them when they harden a bit and I discovered that they improve in taste when they have the green and orange color. The tree fruited two years after planting in my yard. Final Video of 2020! I live across the St. Johns river in Welaka. I also harvested a half cup of the nuts for a banana bread it was delicious. Thank you. The article made it clean the birds were eating Queen Palm Fruit. The fruit of Pindo Palms are often called palm dates and were used to make jelly — hence Jelly Palm — because they contain a good amount of pectin. It was hanging from the lower part of the palm in a long cluster. I am from Zimbabwe. Do you have any links or articles on the Queen Palm that may give some more information on the topic? Taste is similar to a blend of caramel, mango, apricot, with a touch of citrus and coconut, and very sweet. The best fruit are usually the ones you fight the ants for. It can fit in small yards, especially pretty with a modest beach house, an old-fashioned Florida bungalow, or dressing up the yard of a ranch-style home. That would be unusual but perhaps not possible. I’m just an amateur when it comes to making jelly. It’s habitat is grasslands, dry woodlands and savannahs of South America. I have what I was told is a pindo palm – not a queen palm. My jelly making process different from others I have read. These yellow to reddish flower clusters will produce the sweet and edible Pindo fruit, which is often used to make jelly. Simmered for a few minutes. I have even refrozen it several times to break down the fiber more, but once seems to work well. Will they make you sick from eating them? Heres a sauce I made last year . Sure puts out the fruit. You can cut the pulp off or try to rub the seed out, your choice. When you have those 3.5 cups, filter the juice and make jelly per the recipe on the box for three cups, adding two or three cups of sugar, depending upon taste. Ours are yellow right before they’re fully ripe and then they darken a lot. Pindo palms are often sold in ornamental nurseries. When I was a foreign exchange student teaching in London back in the Dark Ages I took a trip to Cornwall and the Scilly Islands. 1.5 TBS citric acid Butia is a Portuguese corruption of an aboriginal term meaning “spiny.” Capitata is Latin, meaning “with a dense head” referring to the seed heads. One year we were in a hurry and didn’t have the big strainer yet, so we experimented with not straining it, but left the pulp in the jelly. (Pt. any recipes you know of? Pindo Palms much preferred but very hard to find! Why is mine so late considering it is almost November? Best flavor ever. We bought it at the beach & planted it about 8 years ago. One peduncle ripens at a time, with 100 to 150 individual orange fruits. They taste great but it's large, inedible seed and stringy flesh makes eating it raw a challenge. Known to be cold hardy to as low as 15-10F degrees. Pindo Wine is very tropical, takes a long time, and can have clarity issues because of the natural pectin. Can these panicles be cut from the trees as the fruits turn deep orange, or do they have to fall to the ground naturally? Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. The internet seems to be down on that — I was researching edible palms the other day because the queens all over my apartment complex have carpeted the ground with their orange fruits. Put all in fermentation bag. Do this on the north, south, east and west side of the seed. I have a pindo (7 to 9 yrs old) that bore its first flower stalks last year – 6-8 of them. 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