Hello to you all great and wonderful steamians, my prayers is that all of us will live and see more fruitful days and years ahead, I woke up today super excited about the gift of nature, just look around you, you will see aboundant reasons why nature should be appreciated, from cripping things to flying birds, beautiful flowers of different species, gigantic animals, magnificent trees, infact the list is endless,as a way of showing appreciation for all that nature has to offer I decided to write a comprehensive post about the palm tree and it's aboundant benefits.
This tree is a wonder to behold,there is no part of these tree that is useless every part of it is useful,I recall fecthing the dried branches of the tree for firewood back in those days in the village, the tree is all weather because it can survive in every weather condition and zone wether tropical or not,it has seed bearing fruits,in Africa we use the long leaf of the branches in making the roof of thach house,in Africa too the shell of the carnel is also used in igniting fire,it is also used in constructing local Street roads, the nuts from the carnel are edible and the taste is great, to get the nut you have to break the carnel that house the nut,the milky taste of the nut is rich in vitamin c, I use to soak the nut in garri added with cold water especially in the afternoon to serve as my lunch,in our place we also use the log of palm tree to barricade road and streets especially in the night to deter robbers who may want to use the road or streets,
without the leaf you may not have broom, to get broom you have to sprun the leaf,when the tiny stick of the leaf is spruned and gather together it forms bunch of broom, with the broom you make your house look neat by sweeping. Let me now explain the benefits of the Palm fruits.
To get the Palm fruits you have to employ the service of Palm fruit cutter who will use a local made rope to climb systematically, when the fruits are cut you take them home to dismember each one from the bunch, there afterwards you boil the fruits for hours to soften it then you use a local piston and motter to pound the fruits, you apply a little water and filter it, with this process you get the Palm oil which we use in almost every of our cooking and the Palm kernel
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The palm kernel nut of which I show the picture below is very rich in nutrients to satisfy and nurish the body,to get the nut, you have to break the hard shell, the nut has a milky taste,try it and thank me later.
The benefits of this great tree can not be overemphasized, every component of it is useful, From the log to the braches, the leafs, the fruits, the kernel, the nuts,
Let all of us be greatful to Jehovah God who has consistently supplied us with all we need.