Composição de Flores Masculinas de Pupunha (Bactris gasipaes H. B. K., Palmae)

Paiva Lopes Aguiar, JaimeR. Clement, Charles

Composition of the male flowers of peach palm(Bactris gasipaes H.E.K., Palmae). Male flowers of, peach palm ore occasionally consumed as a vegetable 0r, mixed with other ingredients, as a condiment. Three sample were analysed to discover their nutritional values. These flowers contain law levels of protein (1.2% and fats (2.8%)and reasonable levels of able levels of carboidrates (15%); nutritional value is low.