guaiana

Updated: May 27, 2025

The guaiana produces a lemon-like fruit similar to those commonly called limes. Their flavour is sharp, but they are pleasant to the taste. Nut-bearing pines are common, as are likewise various sorts of palms bearing dates larger than ours but too sour to be eaten. The cabbage palm grows everywhere, spontaneously, and is used both for food and making brooms.

- De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2): The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera