Otherwise known as Polynesian chestnuts (scientific name:
Inocarpus fagiferus) must have been seasonal calorie
producers and nourishers of the early inhabitants. Excavated
fragmentary fruit covers disclosed that the seed was obtained by chopping across
the gruit, while present day Butuanon slice away the pericarp
and slit open the fruit cover to extract the whole seed.
Source:
Patterns of the Past: The Ethno Archaeology of Butuan
by Margarita R. Cembrano
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