The plant around us. Volume 1 The plant around us. Volume I | Página 45

Properties
-The leaves are used in basketry or to
make brooms and ropes.
-The heart or bud of the plants is
tender and edible, the same as the
floral spathe when it is young.
-The fruits serve as food for many mammals: badger, fox,
rabbit, etc.
-The fibbers that are extracted from the sheets are used in
the paper and textle industry or for filling upholsteries.
Gastronomic use
The Mediterranean dwarf palm tree is cultvated for
its ornamental
value, but also for its fruits and its heart, which are
edible. In North
Africa they also eat their roots, as they have a high
sugar content.
Avocado salad
with palm
hearts
1. We cut the palm hearts into thin slices.
. Then we cut the avocado into small
pieces almost as if crushed and added
to the hearts of palm.
3. Then we put the lemon, salt, ketchup,
mustard and mayonnaise and str well
untl everything is well mixed.
-avocados
-1 can of palm
hearts
- tablespoons
mayonnaise
-1 tablespoon
of ketchup
-1/ tablespoon
of mustard
-1 tablespoon of
lemon juice
- 1/ teaspoon of
salt.