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Welcome toPalm Hearts Australia

Our fresh palm hearts, produced in the wet tropics of far north Queensland, are grown from a specially selected suckering palm “Peach Palm” which ensures that a sustainable and culinary pleasing product can be harvested without killing the palm. There are many names for palm heart;

Palm Cabbage – USA Pejibaye, Palmito, Puphunha, Chontaduro, – Central and South America Ubod – Philippines Coer de palmier – France

Palm Hearts are the growing point of edible palms, consisting of the stem, growing shoot and newly formed fronds (leaves). Many palms produce an edible heart but only a few are suitable for culinary use and can be grown sustainably.

Palm heart is produced and consumed in many tropical regions of the world, including Central and South America, Asia, Pacific Islands, Indian Ocean islands and is a “bush tucker” food in northern Australia. Coconut heart is used as the main ingredient in “Millionaires Salad”, however, obtaining this delicacy from all single stemmed palm species leads to the death of the plant.