Cannonball Fruit Tree

Cannonball Fruit Tree
Flora Information
Taxonomy	Ecdurus Putamen Pomus
Na'vi name	Rumaut - "ball fruit"
Habitat	Pandora
Length	~ 70cm long
Behind the Scenes
First seen	Pandora: The World of Avatar

The cannonball fruit tree (Na'vi name: rumaut meaning "ball fruit") is a deciduous, fruit-bearing tree in the Valley of Mo'ara. Its fruit has an ombre-coloring of yellow to orange to red to purple and is decidedly one of the most difficult fruits to eat on Pandora. The fruit from this tree is likened to the Terran coconut.

Ecology

When fully ripe, the cannonball fruit is a multi-colored pod that has an incredibly thick and tough outer husk. Na'vi harvesters will prepare their party for harvesting the cannonball fruit and begin the arduous task of cracking the outer husk to retrieve the succulent and sweet meat inside.

Ethnobotany

The Cannonball tree gets its name from the peculiar way the Na'vi interact with its titular fruit. The most common way of getting to the fruit is to climb to the highest height of the cannonball tree and launch the fruit from the highest branch. With the right velocity, the husk will crack and the Na'vi will be able to insert sharpened branches and crack open the shell to reveal the fruit inside.

See also

• Push Fruit Tree
• Celia Fruit Tree
• Squid Fruit Tree

Sources

• Pandorapedia from Play Disney - The ACE Guide to Pandora: Valley of Mo'ara Edition