Recently, the masses who like to play social media are very interested in the giant palm fruit. Giant palm sticks or palm are eaten by some people just like any other fruits. This type of palm has recently attracted the attention of people who have not used it before as food, most of them are known as medicine for various ailments. Thisthorny balm is a giant stick and originated inn the Americas. According to the source, there are two type of giant palm sticks that look exactly the same and can be mistake for ordinary food. One of the two plants is the same, one is edible Opuntia Ficusindica and the other is Opunntia cochenillifera, but is does not count as a fruits. Opuntia ficus-indica is a popular fruit plant and a major product in Mexico and Chile.
This balm can grow up to 5 meters in height, with large leave 30 to 40 cm long, 18 to 25 cm wide, the flowers are white, yellow,red. The fruits are the same size, up to 10 cm long and 9 cm wide. Both the leaves and the fruits are edible. Opuntia cochenillfera, which looks similar to the above species but is indelible, is used medicinally or as an insect repellent. This type of balm has a stem 3 to 4 matters high, the leaves are 20cm in size, the flowers do not grow, but there are elongated hairs, and the fruit is 3 to 5cm long to 2.5 to 5cm in size.
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