These plants come from Southeast Asia, and spread from Tenasserim region of Burma, the Malay Peninsula, including Thailand, and parts of the archipelago: Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Maluku up to Papua. Also a common sight in western Java.
Known widely as jackfruit or campedak, this fruit also has several local names such as bangkong (Cempedak forest, wild form in Malaysia), Baroh (Kep. Lingga and Johor), jackfruit beurit (Sunda), Nongko Cino (Java), Cubadak forest (Minangkabau) tiwadak (Banjar) and others.
Evergreen tree, was the size, height can reach 20 m although mostly just a dozen meters. Twigs and buds with fine hair and stiff, brownish. Monoecious (monoecious).
Thin leaves somewhat stiff as leather, sessile, obovate to elliptic, 2.5-5 × 5-25 cm, flat-brimmed (integer, whole), with the base of the wedge shaped to rounded and tapered tip (acuminate). Petiole 1-3 cm. Stipule ovoid elongated, tapered, wire-haired, easy to fall off and leave scars in the form of a ring on a twig.
Inflorescence alone, appearing axillary, on large branches or the main trunk (cauliflory), in particular short leafy shoots. Male wreath shaped like a mace or a spindle head, 1 × 3 to 5.5 cm long, pale green or yellowish, stemmed 3-6 cm. Hump-shaped mace elongated female flowers, the flowers are stuck deep as 1.5 mm in the shaft head and the free passage of about 3 mm.
Artificial fruit compound (syncarp) cylindrical to oval, 10-15 × 20-35 cm, greenish, yellowish to brownish, with a similar pyramidal protrusions soft spines that meeting or slippery checkered with eye facets. 'Flesh' is actually the flower jewelry enlarged and thickened, yellowish white to orange, sweet and fragrant, soft textured, slimy tongue and slightly fibrous. Unlike jackfruit, the overall mass of flesh along with the flowers sterile or fails (known as 'dami') is easily separated from the shaft ('heart') artificial fruit when ripe. Seed round of flattened or elongated, 2-3 cm.
Results and usability.
Fruit eaten fresh or processed first. Jack fruit flesh, sometimes along with seeds once, given flour, sugar or salt and fried, used as a snack to drink tea or coffee. The seeds can be fried, boiled or baked, before being eaten with a little salt mixture. Young fruit, as young jackfruit, can be used as a vegetable.The wood is of good quality, strong and durable, so it is often used as lumber, furniture, boat or material. Fibrous bark can be used as a rope, and the sap to trawl birds. Can also be produced from wood yellow dye.
In Borneo, jackfruit or language Banjar tiwadak, besides consumed fruit flesh and seeds, the skin can be processed into food called mandai or there is also a call dami. Mandai is made by peeling the fruit skin to look white and then soaked in brine to preserve and soften the texture. Marinade can be performed over several hours or even up to a month. Mandai is usually consumed with fry until browned.
Ecology.
Naturally, wild jackfruit often found in lowland rainforest, both primary and secondary forests. Growing to a height of about 1000 m above sea level, is like a fruit tree areas with a dry season that is not firm, lands with shallow ground water level, and even the occasional hold flooded.Cempedak commonly planted in the yard, garden mix, to agroforestry complex, which is not uncommon wilder become secondary forest. Cempedak can also naturally intersect with jackfruit.
Genuine Exotic Fruit Cempedak recognize Indonesia.
Cempedak is a fruit native to Indonesia are well known. Glance appearance and taste of the fruit is similar to jackfruit, jackfruit still reasonable because the related (one genus) with jackfruit. However Cempedak more piercing aroma like durian.
Cempedak also known as campadak or cempeda. In some areas of Indonesia, called by several local names such as jackfruit beurit (Sunda), Nongko Cino (Java), Cubadak forest (Minangkabau), tiwadak (Banjar). Whereas in English, Cempedak known as Chempedak or Champedak.
The Latin name of this plant is Artocarpus integer (Thunb.) Merr., Which has several synonym names such as Artocarpus champeden (Lour.) Stokes, Artocarpus hirsutissimus Kurz, Artocarpus integrifolius Lf, Artocarpus jaca Miq., Artocarpus pilosus Reinw. ex Miq., Radermachia integra Thunb., and Saccus integer (Thunb.) Kuntze.
Description Cempedak
Cempedak is the fruit of plants from the family Moraceae. Medium-sized tree with a height of up to 20 meters. Overall jackfruit tree similar to jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) but the ramifications thicker and more straight and tall trunk. Stem diameter of 15 to 20 cm, with bark brown-gray and contains the concentrated sap.Green leaves, thin and slightly rough and stiff. Shaped leaves obovate to oblong, with a width of between 2.5 to 5 cm long and 5-25 cm. Cempedak stemmed leaves (1-3 cm stem length), flat brimmed with peg-shaped leaf base to the rounded and tapered tip. Leaves easily fall out and leave marks on the ring like a twig.
Flowers jackfruit (Artocarpus integer) form of compound interest are arranged in a flower pot elliptical. Male flowers and female flowers grow apart in one tree. Flowers appear in axillary, large branches or the main trunk, and special short leafy shoots.
Jack fruit is round elongated, greenish, yellowish to brownish, with a large with an average size of 40 cm long and 20 cm diameter. Prickly fruit skin like jackfruit though not as sharp and rough as jackfruit. Meat fruit (nyamplung) Cempedak thin, soft, fibrous, and taste sweet. Flesh color yellowish white with a very strong characteristic aroma. Nyamplung stick to the fruit with a strong stalk, and will remain attached even rind and 'dami' fruit removed. Jackfruit seeds roundish shape, smaller than the jackfruit seeds. Just like jackfruit, jackfruit seeds can be consumed after boiling.
Distribution, Habitat, and Benefits Cempedak.
Tree jackfruit (Artocarpus integer) grows well in lowland areas up to an altitude of 1000 meters above sea level. Indonesia is a native plant in Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua and the surrounding islands. Outside Indonesia, Cimpedak grown in Thailand, Malaysia (Malay Peninsula and Borneo).Plants Cempedak excluding rare plants in Indonesia, not including protected plants, was not listed as an endangered species in the IUCN Red List. Even widely cultivated in the yard, garden, or grow wilder in primary and secondary forests.
The main uses his Cempedak are consumed either directly (in a fresh state) or used as processed food. The ripe fruit can be processed into jackfruit fried, like fried bananas (part dami), made jam, compote or as a mixture. While the young fruit can be cooked as a vegetable. Jackfruit seeds can be cooked and consumed. Cempedak young leaves are also widely used as a vegetable.
Cempedak Fruit for Health Benefits.
Jack fruit is a fruit that comes from Central Asia, namely Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam. The fruit has a scientific name Artocarpus champeden. This fruit when viewed at a glance, the exterior will look like breadfruit, parts of it such as jackfruit, while it smells almost like durian. So no wonder if this fruit is also called fruit which is a combination of breadfruit, jackfruit and durian. For tastes like mango and durian mixed sweeter than with jackfruit. The texture of the fruit when ripe is also softer, spongy, sticky and fibrous.Apparently not many people in Indonesia who know or never eat this fruit. Even so the fruit is still a fruit that has many benefits for health. In the course of this fruit have some content of nutrients and compounds that are good for the body.
Ingredients Fruit Cempedak.
Jack fruit will never examined the nutritional content. It turns out this fruit has some contents that are beneficial to our health. According to sources of the Nutrition Directorate of the Ministry of Health in 1992, that the jack fruit has some contents as follows:* Water
* Protein
* Carbohydrate
* Fat
* Calcium
* Iron
* Phosphorus
* Vitamin A
* Vitamin C
* Vitamin B1
Jack fruit has a delicious flavor. Therefore, it will normally be eaten by people while in a state still fresh. But those that process it in other ways as made compote or fried.
Even for people Banjar, South Kalimantan, usually even eat the skin Cempedak. How to remove the outer skin to look white Cempedak and cleaned. Galam then soaked with water up to 3 days to soften and fermented. Once it is fried and called the mandai fried savory and distinctive.
Cempedak young leaves are also used as a vegetable. As for the fruit seeds can also be processed by boiling or frying like jackfruit seeds. In Malaysia, the root of the jackfruit tree is also used as a mixture of traditional herbs for women after childbirth.
One of the benefits for health jack fruit is to nourish the eye. That's because Cempedak contains vitamins A 200 SI in every 100 grams. We know that vitamin A is used to maintain the health of the cornea in order to function properly. Efficacy Cempedak the other is to maintain digestive health and can reduce cholesterol in the blood. That's because Cempedak contains dietary fiber plus vitamin C higher when compared with jackfruit.
Not quite up there alone, stem bark of jackfruit contains heteriflavon compound C. The compound is believed to be able to overcome malaria parasite triggers. It also has a high energy value for each 100 grams has an energy of 116 kcal. Jack fruit water content is also quite high, it is of course very good because our bodies need daily water intake. According to research conducted by Professor Dr. Frank Yatsu, an expert from the United states that if the body has met adequate water intake will help to thin the blood, which in turn will facilitate the supply of oxygen to the brain so that it can prevent the risk of stroke. Thank you for reading this article.
Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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