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Kakadu
plum is a small deciduous tree found growing wild extensively
through
out the subtropical woodlands of the Northern Territory and Western
Australia. It bears abundant crop of small plum-like fruits.
The fruit has a very high content of vitamin C, in fact holds the World Record. It's full of antioxidants, folic acid and iron which is the main reason for its inclusion in Kakadu Juice.
A slender, small to medium sized deciduous tree
with
creamy-grey flaky bark, the light green leaves are very large and
oval-shaped,
up to 25cm long and 15cm wide, and are spirally arranged and crowded
towards the
ends of the branches. The flowers are small, creamy-white, perfumed,
and
borne along spikes in the leaf axils towards the ends of the branches. The fruit is oval, 3 cm long and 1 cm wide,
shaped
like almonds and containing a large seed; yellow when ripe, soft and
easy to
harvest. (pictured above in their unripe state)
The greatest use of kakadu plum fruits is for gourmet jams, sauces, juices, ice-cream, cosmetics, flavours and
pharmaceuticals.
The Australian aboriginal people pound the
fruit and use it as an antiseptic and a soothing balm for aching limbs.
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