This is Inga feuillei, called Pacae or Pacay in Peru. Whereas the Icecream Bean is a fruit like a gigantic narrow bean, this is like a gigantic flat bean.
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.15
Inside is like this. Edible part is this white cottonwool like thing around each seed. It was a little bit like candy floss (not that sweet though). This is Inga edulis. Saul called it Huaba. It is also called Icecream Bean. I understand why.
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.14
More-than-50cm-long beans hang from this tree. These are, surprisingly, fruits.
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.13
We found Cassava root at the shop beside the road on the way back to Tarma. The root in the right hand box is the one.
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.12
The next one is Papaya (Carica papaya). The tree leaning against Papaya is Manihot esculenta. Its common name is Cassava. It is also called Mandioca and Yuca.
The roots of this tree grow long and are eaten like potatoes.
I ate this like chips at breakfast at the hotel in San Ramón. It was a little sweet and tasty.
In fact, the root contains cyanide so it should be peeled and then boiled, baked or fried before eating. Tapioca is produced from treated and dried cassava.
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.11
At the nursery, I saw lots of different flowers of the orchids including Psychopsis which I wanted to see, as I have shown to you. Moreover the trees in the nursery were also very interesting to see.
First of all, this is an avocado tree, Persea americana. This is the first time I saw the real tree and fruits.