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Pangium is a genus in the family Achariaceae containing the sole species Pangium edule, a tall tree native to the mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). It produces a large poisonous fruit (the "football fruit" or pangi) which can be made edible by fermentation. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.
The taxonomy of the tree is uncertain, and it may also be classed in the Flacourtiaceae or the Violales.
The kernels may be ground up to form a thick black gravy called italic=no. Popular dishes include italic=yes, beef stew in italic=yes paste, popular in East and Central Java, and italic=yes, rawon stew made with beef or chicken, also made in East Java. In West Java and Jakarta, italic=yes, snakehead fish in italic=yes paste soup, is a popular traditional dish in Betawi cuisine. The Toraja dish italic=yes (black spice with fish or meat, also sometimes with vegetables) uses the black italic=yes powder. In Singapore and Malaysia, the seeds are best known as an essential ingredient in ayam (chicken) or babi (pork) italic=yes, a mainstay of Peranakan cuisine. The Dusun people tribe of Borneo use this pounded kernel as main ingredient for making local signature dish called italic=yes, a sour fermented fish.
People of the Minahasa tribe in North Sulawesi use the young leaves as a vegetable, slicing them small, then cooking them with herbs and pork fat or meat inside bamboo. Many sellers in the Tomohon traditional market sell the leaves.
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