Mauritia flexuosa
© Fernando Tatagiba

Mauritia flexuosa

Common name:
Buriti

Local name:
 

Country:
Brazil

Food Group(s):
Fruit

Part of plant/stage of process:
pulp, peel removed, raw

The fruit's soft and orange pulp is eaten raw or converted to flour after drying. Both are used for making cakes and jams. The oil extracted from the pulp is used for cooking and in traditional medicine against insect bites.

Nutrition Data

Energy (Kcal) KJ(219) 904
Water (g)57
Protein (g)2.29
Fat (g)16.42
Available carbohydrates (g)7.85
Dietary Fiber (g)15.4
Ash (g)1.04
Ca (mg)80
Fe (mg)1.77
Mg (mg)40
P (mg)
K (mg)218
Na (mg)11
Zn (mg)0.6
Vit A-RAE (mcg)1204
ß-carotene (mcg)13710
VitC (mg)56.78
Download

Related Resources

Biodiversity Mainstreaming for Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems

This is an open-access guide to mainstreaming biodiversity that draws on case studies across the four partner countries, Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka and...
Read more

Recipes

References

Back