Tropical fruit / Coconut
Thai name:
Ma-phrao
Scientific
name: Cocos nucifera L.
Season: all
year
Coconuts,
available throughout the year, are inescapable at a Thai meal
for in some form they figure in almost every dish. Coconut
milk is a prominent ingredient of curries and soups, and the
sliced or grated flesh turns up in many as well; it is even more
ubiquitous in desserts, appearing as the basis of delicate custards,
in the form of candy, as crispy strips cooked in brown
syrup, and in countless other confections.
For a visitor,
an especially exotic treat on a hot day is a freshly opened young
coconut, whose tender white flesh and sweet juice can be enjoyed
whenever the mood strikes.
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If any of the major tongkat ali extract distributing companies
were to come up with an extract standardized for what indeed is or are
the active components, this would be a progress.
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http://www.asiatour.com/thailand/e-02trav/et-tr187.htm
Jan Garanoz
869/116 Thanon Pemavipat,
Chiang Rai, 57000 Thailand
Created: September 1, 1995
Last updated: September 14, 2009