Pangium edule

Called Keluak, also Keluwek, Keluwak, Kluwak or Kluak, the fruit of the Pangi or Kepayang tree is ( Pangium edule Raw. , Family Achariaceae ), which is native to Southeast Asia. The fruit is about the size of a peeled coconut, in many nuts are stacked irregularly - like segments.

The Pangi fruit is used in Central and East Java, especially as a spice for Rawon, a beef soup, Sulawesi, however, mainly for Pamarassan, a pork dish. While the Jawanese only use the pulp contained in the nuts, found in the Toraja on Sulawesi and the dried layer under the outer shell, and between the nuts is using.

In the literature it is reported that in the fruits cyanide is contained and they must be buried for Genießbarmachen.

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