What is the Acai Fruit?

Many Brazilians have been using Acai berry as a staple in their diets. This difficult to pronounce fruit is from the palm tree family. You might be asking, What is Acai? and the answer is in the rest of this article.

This particular family of Palm covers 7 species which have a native territory that spreads through Central and South America. The Palm tends to grow in flood land regions. While the Acai is probably most famous for the berries which are considered a “super food” containing a large amount of nutrients and antioxidants.

Acai has found its way into many diets as a great health food. It is sold as a juice, powder, supplement, or even as pulp. The entire palm is used including the leaves which are used for roofing thatch, brooms, baskets, mats, and head coverings.

Acai seeds are used for plant soil, live stock food, and even jewelry. The acai plant is also used as an astringent for gastrointestinal issues. The wood is very solid and bug resistant and is used for construction.

Acai is a gift from nature. It does everything from providing structure for shelter to health food for your heart and cholesterol. Acai palm goes quickly and it has to be produced in an abundance.

It takes a couple months to grow the seeds to seedlings. There are around a thousand berries per palm tree per crop and you can produce two crops a year on mature plants. Forty percent of the diet in this native region make up a dietary staple of Acai in some various form.

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