ABSTRACT
This chapter provides information on the uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors of Nua Nut. The nua nut is a common component of native meals on Santa Cruz, also eaten in between-meal snacks. Smoked whole fruits can be stored. The fruit epidermis may be green or purple, the seed coat white or pink. In the Solomon Islands, it is generally believed that the kernels from Santa Cruz are bigger than those elsewhere. Other edible species known as cut-nuts in the Solomons are similar or closely related. Seasons of production are indefinite and nuts are available all year round. The growth rate of fruit after fertilization is fast. There are only 6 weeks between the flowering time of the upper part of the inflorescences and the harvest of such fruits.
