Saturday, February 28, 2015

Abiu is sapodilla fruit

Abiu is a kind of sapodilla fruit fresh from Australia.
Adaptive abiu fruit in
tropical and subtropical climates flourish ranging from lowland to highland. The main distinctions compared to other Sapotaceae family members were quick to bear fruit. At the age of 2 years, the origin of seed plants start flowering. Two months later, the flowers become fruit green and gradually became a bright yellow when ripe / mature.
Abiu fruit flesh colored translucent white with a distinctive sweet taste sweet and fresh. There were described as young coconut flavor, but some are menyetarakannya with a blend of milk and caramel. Because the meat is soft and slightly watery, abiu edible by means of transverse or longitudinal split; or also with disedok. In each fruit are 1-5 seeds abiu.
Besides can be eaten directly, abiu fruit can be processed into a variety of special foods, such as abiu Carambola Chicken Breast (fried chicken breast cooked with abiu and starfruit juice), abiu Tart, Sweet & Sour abiu & Beefburger, and so on. Because many contain vitam A, B3, and C, as well as a rich source of calories and fiber, fruit abiu also has many benefits for our health. In Brazil alone, flesh abiu used to relieve cough, bronchitis, and respiratory symptoms or lung. While the tree sap abiu efficacious as an anthelmintic, laxative, and heal wounds swollen.
It seems strange and unusual. The form also does not resemble brown, although abiu tree has a similar character with brown-sawoan relatives, namely woody and can reach a height of 15cm. The fruit itself oval to rounded, with a gauge length of 6-12 cm and a weight of 150-500 g / fruit. Because many cultivated in Australia, plants that belong to the species Puteria Caimito and Sapotaceae family is better known as the sapodilla Australia. In fact, the original hometown is the area around the Amazon lowlands of Peru, and Brazil.

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