What to do with Jatobá – stinking toe!
While browsing in Hortifruti recently, I came across something interesting in the Weird Fruit section (the unofficial name for my favourite part of the store). These heavy, brown pods were labelled Jatobá and I was intrigued.
Jatobá – heavy, brown pods, but what’s inside?
When I got them home I did some research. The pods come from a tree known to Brazilians as a Jatobazeiro, but in other parts of its range (it is found from Brazil in the south, to the Caribbean in the north) it is called West Indian locust or Stinking Toe!
I think the ‘toe’ part of the name is clear – I discovered the ‘stinking’ part when I took the jatobás out of their packaging!