On Tue, 01 May 2007 20:56:51 GMT, Charles
wrote:


Thanks for the extra information. Do you know anything about the
edibility of the nuts of Thespesia populnea?


This site: http://www.hibiscus.org/species/tpopulnea.php

says:
The leaf and flower buds are said to be edible raw or cooked. The
seeds are applied to scabies and other skin diseases, and are rubbed
on swollen joints. The yellowish juice extracted from young fruits is
used to treat insect bites, gonorrhoea, ringworm, and migraine
headache , and is also used for fistula, psoriasis, scabies, sprains,
and wart removal:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/tico/t.html


This site: http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/plants/portia.htm

says:


Uses as food: The fruits, flowers and young leaves are edible.

Exactly. But what I wonder about is why all the sites I am able to
Google are coy about the nuts.