Saturday, 15 August 2015

Jack fruit

Jackfruit is large and prickly on the outside,jackfruit looks like durian though larger.once a Jackfruit is cracked open you will find pods inside.the tree grows to a height of between 9 to 21 metres tall with evergreen,alternate and glossy leaves.all the parts contains a sticky with latex.the exterior of the fruit is green or yellow when ripe and composed of numerous hard cone-like points attached to a thick and rubbery pale yellow or whitish wall.while the interior consist of large bulbs of yellow banana-flavoured flesh massed among undeveloped perianths,and a pithy core.Each bulb encloses a smooth, oval light-brown "seed" covered by a thin white membrane. Musa Mballow.

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