Acanthorhiza aculeata.

Acanthorhiza aculeata H. Wendl. Palmae.

Mexico. The pulp of the fruit is of a peculiar, delicate, spongy consistence and is pure white and shining on the outside. The juice has a peculiar, penetrating, sweet flavor, is abundant, and is obviously well suited for making palm-wine. The fruit is oblong about one inch in longest diameter. It is grown in Trinidad.

Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.