Benefits of janeng fruit for health
A number of studies say, sap yam contains toxic substances that can be hydrolyzed to form cyanide acid (HCN). HCN effects are felt when eating sweet potatoes without good processing, ie uncomfortable throat, dizziness, vomiting blood, feeling choking, drowsiness and fatigue.
Actually, cultivating this sweet potato into a very simple food. In Lamoro, Aris said, the residents first soaked sweet potatoes with mixed water of seppang wood, on the ground dug as a small well. Sweet potatoes are soaked for three days, then dried. The purpose of immersion, to remove toxic sap.