Canarium ovatum

Pili
Unshelled pili nuts from the Philippines
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Burseraceae
Genus:	Canarium
Species:	C. ovatum
Binomial name
Canarium ovatum Engl.

Roasted pili nuts are a commercially available product. The nuts are extremely rich and buttery, reminescent of Macadamia nuts, but a different shape and softer. They are similar to candlenuts as well. They have a soft, almost flaky crunch.

Roasted pili nut butter is also delicious, similar to peanut butter but with a darker color and the property that it softens quite a lot and becomes shiny when heated, like melting chocolate.

Acknowledgements

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