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Marianas breadfruit or seeded breadfruit is a plant belonging to the Moraceae family alongside fig, mulberry, and jackfruit. The plant is native to Palau and the Mariana Islands, but cultivated in Tuvala, Naura, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati. It has since naturally hybridized with breadfruit (A. altilis), with the most varieties now referred to as ‘breadfruit’, … Read more
Breadnut (Artocarpus camansi Blanco) is sometimes considered as a seeded breadfruit. However, it is a separate species, and the ancestor of both seeded and seedless breadfruit. They all belong to the Moraceae family alongside fig, mulberry. The most important commercial plants of the Artocarpus species are jackfruit, breadfruit, and breadnut. Breadfruit tree can grow up … Read more
Jackfruit is the largest edible fruit in the world. The jackfruit seeds, which are about 15 to 18% of the fruit weight, are contained inside the fruit. Jackfruit is a tropical plant from the Moraceae family, alongside breadfruit, mulberry, fig, and breadnut. It originates from India and Malaysia. It is now grown in Asia, South … Read more
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a plant species in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae). Jackfruit is the largest tree-borne fruit, with size up to 40 kg (88.18 lb) in size. The ripe fruit is sweet, and used as desserts. When fully ripe, the jackfruit produces a strong, disagreeable odor similar to decayed onions, but … Read more
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a starchy fruit from the perennial plant of the Moraceae family. The plant family also includes figs, mulberry, banyan. The Moraceae species produce milky latex. The Latin name of breadfruit is from a Greek word (artos = bread, karpos = fruit), and altilis means ‘fat’. Artocarpus species include jackfruit, Marang, chempedak, … Read more
Anacardium occidentale (cashew) is a plant from the Anacardium species. Though only the cashew nut and the cashew apple is edible and utilized as functional food, cashew leaf and the shell contains secondary metabolites which have medicinal values, and are utilized for various purposes. Cashew apple has minerals, vitamins, with the vitamin C content about … Read more
Cashew plant, or kaju (Anacardium occidentale), which yield the cashew nut and apple, is an evergreen plant of the sumac family (Anacardiaceae), the same family as mango and pistachio nut. The name cashew came from the Portuguese word, Caju (the fruit) or Cajueiro (the tree). Cashew is originally from northeast Brazil but was spread to … Read more
Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage produced from the fermentation of sap of different palm species. Alongside other fermented traditional beverages in Africa, such as Pito, Teji, Togwa, Burukutu, Sherbote, it has good content of probiotics. Palm wine is tapped through a series of steps that stimulate the flow of the sap. This involves perforation … Read more
Palm kernel oil is derived from the palm seed or nut or palm kernel of the palm fruit, unlike the palm oil that is obtained from the fruit (mesocarp) of the palm fruit. Palm kernel is a source of oil and dietary protein. The palm kernel or nut is oval, brown, with a hard shell. … Read more
Palm oil, or palm fruit oil, is obtained from the pulp of the fruit of the palm tree (Elaies guineensis). It is one of the most used edible vegetable oil, used to prepare a variety of dishes and for industrial purposes. It has become the third most utilized cooking oil in the globe. The tropical tree’s … Read more