Everyone wants to buy acai juice – it is the hottest health trend out at the moment! But did you know there are other uses for the acai palm? The trunk wood of the palm is resistant to pests and is used for building homes. The leaves are made into mats, baskets, hats, brooms and roof thatch. The seeds are ground and used for livestock feed and fertilized to grow new acai palms! Did you know it can take months for a new seeding to sprout, and that the seeds take up over two-thirds of the entire mass of the berry? The juice is a very small part of each palm.
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