BREADFRUIT, BREADNUT
In Malay, it is known as buah sukun.
A native of Polinesia, an important staple food.
Like the jackfruit, it is formed from the whole inflorescnce.
The fruit is moreor less round in shape, measuring form 10 t0 30 cm in iameter.
Two types of fruit, the seeded (breadfruits) and seedless (breadnuts). The seeded mostly used as vegetables where as the seedless variety may be sliced, boiled, backed or fried. it can also be grounded and made into biscuits. The fruit is 20% full of carbohydrates. The breadnuts variety, the seeds are eaten after cooking and flavoured as a chestnut.
(RefMalaysian Fruits In Colour H.F Chin and H.S Yong)
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