FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
CYNOMETRA CAULIFLORA Leguminosae, NAM-NAM
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
is a plant of the East indies and malaya. the fruit in shape resembles a kidney. It is about three inches long and th eoutside is very rough. It is seldom eaten raw but, fried with batter, it mades a good fritter. Wight says the fruit is much esteemed in the Eastern Islands.
