Title: Hearts of palm Facts, Health Benefits and Nutritional Value
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Hearts of palm Quick Facts
Name: Hearts of palm
Colors
Pristine ivory-white
Shapes
4 inches long, 1 to 1 ½ inches in diameter
Flesh colors
Velvety, tender
Calories
41 Kcal./cup
Major nutrients
Manganese (88.48%)
Iron (57.13%)
Sodium (41.47%)
Copper (21.56%)
Zinc (15.27%)
Heart of palm is a vegetable yield from inner core and growing bud of some palm trees, Acai palm, jucara and palmetto. Other palm species are multi-stemmed or clonal plants and moderate harvesting will not destroy entire clonal plant. Palm varieties are an alternative to wild heart of palm which is domesticated farm species. The main variety to be domesticated is Bactris gasipaes commonly known as peach palm in English. This variety is popular for canning. They are self-suckering and form multiple stems (upto 40) on one plant. The palms are selectively bred in order to exclude vicious thorns of its wild cousins. The harvesting process is considered to be labor intensive.