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  ma-rum

 

Thailand

The green, immature pods of the ma-rum, can be eaten raw or prepared, whereas the mature pods are usually fried.

 

They also yield an edible oil, which has a nutritional value comparable to that of olive oil and besides being clear, sweet and odourless, it is also said to never becomes rancid.

 

  ma-rum

 

In addition, the tree also has several medicinal uses and the seeds, especially the seed-cake that remains after the oil has been extracted, have the ability to purify water. Not surprisingly, this tree is sometimes described as nutritional dynamite.

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