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Palm fruits are gotten from a tree known as the palm tree. It is mainly found and grown in South Eastern Asia and West Africa.
The first top four countries with the highest palm fruit production
There are four top countries which has the highest rate of palm fruits production which includes but are not limited to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Nigeria.
Over here in my country, most of us were born to see large palm plantations. While some palm plantations were planted by our fore fathers, some grew on their own when the seeds are scattered on the ground.
Some time ago, my friend wanted to start up a palm plantation farm business where he would be getting palm fruits directly from his farm for producing palm oil.
He ordered palm seedlings from Malaysia to Nigeria and then he started the palm plantation. His palm plantation flourished greatly.
fresh Palm fruits
Yesterday, my mum brought these palm fruits back home, she said she had picked them up from her farm when they were being harvested. Those crumbs that fell off were what she brought back home for the production of palm oil.
Although the palm fruits she brought back home was not much, we made some oil out of it and that was what we used in cooking our soup for the evening, you can call it dinner.
The process of removing palm oil I must say is a bit stressful.
After washing the palm fruits, I cooked them and allowed to boil until it was very soft. After which I removed from heat and then transfered into a mortar where I had to pound it until the entire skin had left the kernel from the palm fruit.
After pounding it I added a little hot water to the pounded palm fruits and I mixed and then squeezed the oil out of the shaft with the use of a filter. This was how I got my oil.
Home made Processed palm oil
Everything in the palm fruit is very important in all ramifications. The palm tree is one of the best financial tree in which every part of it is very useful to humanity and as well economically valuable. Ranging from the oil, the palm kernel, the palm fronds, the shaft, the kernel shafts, the body of the tree, every single thing in the palm tree is of high economical value to humanity.
The palm tree is an outstanding tree because no part of it gets to be wasted. Hope to bring you more on the palm fruits and the palm tree in subsequent posts.
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