Ice Cream Bean Tree

Description

Ice Cream Bean is a fast-growing tree that produces very unique flowers and fruit pods.

These fruit pods contain glossy black seeds covered in a sweet, delicate white flesh. The texture of this fruit is reminiscent to cotton candy, where that melts in your mouth. These interesting and delicious eating qualities are what give it the name ‘Ice Cream’ Bean.

The tree, being in the legume family, serves as an effective nitrogen fixer. This means the tree absorbs nitrogen in the air and stores it in nodules in the roots. Other plants benefit from this available nitrogen to grow bigger and healthier, faster.

Ice Cream Bean has a long history of cultivation within the many inner-jungle communities of the Amazon rainforest. Superior trees are selected by natives, and strategically planted for consumption by these tribal people. Ice Cream Bean pods make a fantastic snack-to-go, and even the seeds can be cooked and eaten as an excellent source of protein.