Gastronomy in nature - unusual names for trees

Sausage, cucumbers, milk, candy and bread are the perfect dinner set. Only a tree should also be added to this list, because such amazing fruits can grow on it. Nature surprises with its gastronomic creations.

Into the forest for bread

Bread trees found in New Guinea. For 9 months they give a harvest. Up to 700 elongated creamy golden fruits are harvested from one specimen. In cooking, pimpled fruits:

• bake;
• dry;
• make dough and bread;
• candied.

Interestingly, they are considered both fruits (when ripe) and vegetables (when still green).

One variety of this group deserves attention - a tree-cake. Its funny fruits can be sold in place of cream eclairs.

Peaches grow on the palm

In Costa Rica, Nicaragua and South America (at an altitude of 1200 m above sea level), locals find peaches on palms. Unusual fruits are located under the crown of a 20-30 meter tree. Only getting to them is not easy. The entire trunk is strewn with thorns. The fruits themselves come in different shapes:

• oval;
• cupped;
• conical.

One hanging cluster grows up to 100 pcs. such peaches. Their colors range from yellow-orange to deep red.

Sausage shop

The crown is decorated with elongated fruits (8 kg each) on a rope, which resemble sausage. Yet it is difficult to call them edible. They are poisonous and cause intestinal upset. Giraffes, hippos, and monkeys love to eat them. Natural sausage is used in cosmetology and folk medicine.

Surprisingly, burgundy flowers are pollinated by bats and sunbirds. This charm is intended for elephants and antelopes.

Jam on branches

East Asian children pamper themselves with stalks candy tree... However, you can try them only after frost. One plant produces more than 500 kg of "candy". They taste like melon with rum.

Natural sweets heal the liver, kidneys, lungs, digestive tract and nervous system. Get rid of tobacco and alcohol addiction.

Hanging gardens with cucumbers

The group includes trees that are not related to each other. They recognize them by a common feature - by the cucumber shape of the fruit. Three varieties are common:

1. Bilimbi. The thick trunk stores moisture and the plant can withstand drought. The vegetable is added to fish and meat dishes, to rice, beans, and also to make drinks from it.
2. Magnolia is long-pointed. Instances are up to 30 m high. The variety can withstand severe frosts.
3. Dendrasicius Socotransky. From the pumpkin family. Only the branches and leaves of the plant are covered with thorns.

All of these amazing cucumber species are found in North America, as well as in other countries with a temperate climate.

Tropical version of melon, strawberry and strawberry

There are also variations of garden berries in tropical forests. Such unusual trees can surprise tourists as:

1. Strawberry. A deciduous woody plant native to eastern Asia. The fruit tastes like a sweet persimmon.
2. Strawberry. Multi-colored "hedgehogs" grow at a height of 5-10 m. Habitat - Mediterranean.
3. Melon. The ten-meter-long trunks are crowned with fruits that resemble the taste of melons. A special kind of ice cream is prepared from them.

The wood of some of them is used to make furniture and musical instruments.

In the image of Dor Blue cheese

The smell of the fruit is pungent, similar to moldy cheese.They are consumed both raw and cooked. Although the bushes do not grow taller than 7 meters, the roots of the plant penetrate 21 meters into the soil in search of moisture.

Vegetables are recommended to eat for cancer and diabetes. They are also useful for those who have problems with the eyes, respiratory tract and stomach.

How much milk does a cow give?

The delightful milk tree will replace any cow. In this case, the snow-white sap of the plant is stored under normal conditions for about a week. If you weld it, then a wax film forms on the surface. It is used in the production of candles and gum.

Nature surprises with its collection of gastronomic trees.