PALM FRUIT

Palm fruit is gotten from palm tree which is an inportant economic tree and commonly found in rain forest regions. One thing about this palm fruit is that almost everything from it is useful to the local farmers and consumers.when riped, it is cut down from palm tree and then undergo processing which lead to production of red oil which is the major product and other products like palm kernel, shell of palm kernel.the red oil is consumed locally or sold for outsiders especially those that do not have access to palm trees.the palm kernel is also process to get oil which are used industrially in production of cooking oil while the shell gotten from the palm kernels are consumed locally by using them as means of firewood in cooking. Red oil is an important component of cooking requirement in africa and nigeria in particular

It is also important to know that red oil gotten from palm from is good source of vitamin A which is important for sight