Kapok honey (randu)
Ceiba pentandra
Honey from the flowers of the kapok tree, known in Indonesia as randu. It is made mainly on Java during the dry season and is usually light amber.
- Origin
- Indonesia (Central Java, around Pati)
- Colour
- 67 mm · light amber
- Plant
- Ceiba pentandra · kapok tree →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
When the randu trees come into flower in May, Javanese migratory beekeepers truck their hives from West Java to the kapok plantations of Central Java.
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