Pindo palm trees and the fruit of the pindo palm. Most people nowadays do not know how delicious this palm tree fruit is. This palm is planted everywhere in the south since it is the most cold hardy palm tree and used for landscaping from virginia beach to miami. In fact most people don't even know it is edible and simply look over it when they go on vacation or see it next to a pool. What they don't know is this semi tropical fruit tastes amazing and is loaded with vitamin c. Pindo palm fruit were used by southerners to make a delicious jelly for biscuits and pancakes. This tree is sometimes know as a jelly palm for that reason. Can you eat pindo palm fruit? Not only is it edible, it taste like a mix of mango and pineapple.