AGUAJE. The Amazing Fruit.

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The Aguaje Palm Tree, often referred to as the ''Tree of Life" provides many healthy benefits. In places like Iquitos
people eat up to twenty tons of this fruit per day. The tree grows wild in the basins of Loreto, San Martin. The Aguaje tree may reach 35m high. The fruit grows in a hot, humid, tropical climate. The natives consider the Aguaje tree the "Tree of Life" and a symbol of immortality.
The scientific name is Mauritia Flexuosa. It has a high lipid content (21-31%) and is enriched with fatty acids. This fruit contains Betacarotene (Vitamin A)173 to 300 mg and tocopherols (Vitamin E) 80 to 800 mg as well as Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) 50 to 60 mg.
Aguaje is very rich in phytoestrogens. (Among the highest found in fruit around the world.) Oleic Acids are found in Aguaje which is very important to women especially during menopause.