Can you eat wood? (kbin.social)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
 

I'm trying to resolve an argument.

EDIT: Yes, you can. But you can't digest it. The only edible parts of a tree are some specific types of tree bark. Thanks, everyone!

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[–] 14 points 3 years ago

Wood has no nutritional value to humans, but a few things come close:

The center of banana tree trunks are cooked and eaten, and a common parts of some asian dishes, but they aren't really "wood".

The inner part of tree bark is digestible by humans, but it is not classified as "wood" either.

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