21. In young coconuts, the larvae feed on the mesocarp , opening a series of galleries and causing premature shedding of fruits. 22. During his teenager, Martua traded fish, when grown up he started his business as a palm oil and mesocarp trader. 23. The mesocarp is edible and 2 5 mm thick and of fatty butter-like texture, yellow color and pleasant taste. 24. Hesperidin was first isolated in 1828 by French chemist Lebreton from the white inner layer of citrus peels ( mesocarp , albedo ). 25. The fleshy mesocarp , or pulp, of the fruit is eaten by cockatoos and flying foxes which act as seed dispersal agents. 26. The fruit skin ( exocarp ) is thin and the bitter-sweet pulp ( mesocarp ) is yellowish-white and very fibrous. 27. The tocopherol content of the mesocarp oil was average ( in comparison to other edible oils ) while the kernel oil was low in tocopherols. 28. The fleshy mesocarp is inedible for humans, but the seed kernels serve as an important indigenous food in many island countries in the Pacific. 29. The hard inner seed underneath the fleshy mesocarp , like the pit of an avocado, cleaves readily in two when its thin shell is cracked. 30. In a hesperidium, as is found in citron fruit, where the mesocarp is the most prominent part, it is used to produce succade.
