<p><i>Acrocomia mexicana</i> (now <i>Acrocomia aculeata</i>) fruits.
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<p><i>When I first saw how abundant the fruits were I began thinking I might have something to add to my diet here. However, the "nut" inside the hard shell was too hard to deal with.
</i></p><p><i>"You eat them when they're younger," I was told. "Then they're softer inside. You put sugar on the nuts and they're good to suck on."</i>
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Jim Conrad
2008-04-14
<p>JIM CONRAD'S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER. Written in the community of 28 de Junio and issued from a ciber 8 kms to the west in Pujiltic, Chiapas, MÉXICO.
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