Jackfruit - "Bread and Meat for the Poor." [in Indian understanding]

In the Indian territory grew a large number of unknown and completely unknown trees, including fruit. This includes jackfruit. I heard about him, but I am sure that this is the second name of the breadfruit tree. Apparently this is not so, but the jackfruit of this does not become less unusual.

The jackfruit grows on the stem itself, not every branch will withstand such a burden

So, jackfruit (that night) is actually a close relative of a breadfruit tree, they come from the same family of Tutov and the Artocarpus genus. In general, all of Southeast Asia, including its farms, can not be imagined without Artocarpus, but most Russians and Europeans do not know them at all, and Marang names, rather than jack, jackfruit they do not talk about. And in India, for example, that night grows on par with bananas and mangoes. Very popular in Thailand, Brazil, Philippines, and Bangladesh generally choose it as the national fruit!

But let's go back to our hero. If we talk about appearance, jackfruit is big: the stem is more than 20 m, the leaves are big, the fruit can reach 30-35 kg! This is the main difference from the breadfruit tree - it has fruits and 5 kg does not increase, and it tastes not so sweet.

And this is not the biggest copy

Jackfruit fruit is covered with thick crust with papyrik bulge, because it is cooked from green to yellow. Sweet and sweet meat contains lots of seeds and sticky juice that are difficult to clean. Therefore, if you fall into the hands of the evening, go to the center with your hands using gloves or rubbing with oil. It's worth it - it's described as a banana and pineapple cross, a melon, but much sweeter than one of them. Although it is difficult for me to imagine more delicious and sweet fruits than a well-grown melon. If you can not fix it immediately with thirty kilograms, keep in mind that in the refrigerator it will last about a month.

The meat of the night has a color from yellow to orange

The jackfruit is very heat, contains lots of carbohydrates, so (and its size), it's called "bread for the poor." Not yet ripe and do not get the sweetness of meat can be preserved in seawater, you will get something that looks like meat. And this is only a fraction of the application options! Other nights can be used like this:

• in the form of raw fried, add to vegetable salad, boil, enough to simmer on the decoration;
• ripe fruits are eaten raw, in desserts, they cook the jam, burn the cake;
• flowers added to the sauce;
• fried beans such as chestnuts;
• wood is allowed for furniture, musical instruments, used in construction;
• In the nineteenth century, yellow dye was obtained from jackfruit;
• In that season, jackfruits are sold cheaply so they are allowed to feed the cattle.

Salad with jackfruit

And this vast application is not surprising, because it contains many useful substances:

• vitamin C and support of vision and immune system;
• Potassium, calcium, iron, copper and zinc strengthen bones, heart, blood vessels, help the thyroid gland and fight anemia;
• large amounts of fiber normalize the digestive tract work.

Thus, jackfruit can be used in winter and for general body health, roots have a reinforcing effect and help overcome skin problems, leaf stew is useful for lactating mothers, and fried beans will be useful for some older men who want to surprise the selected . It is unfortunate that all these useful properties are only used by folk medicine. Who knows, maybe such sweet remedies can actually restore vision, restore the hormonal system, slow the growth of tumors?