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Sunday, September 14, 2008

TO KNOW OUR FRUITS/PLANTS 13
PAPAYA, Carica papaya, CARICACEAE
In malay, it is known as buah betik.
It is a sappy soft tissued, quick growing but short-lived plant. It grows 2-10 metres in height. It is believed to be a native of tropical America where it is called pawpaw as well as melon zapote. Today, it is grown in tropical countries.
All parts of the plant produce a milky juice(or latex), which contains the enzymea papain and chymopapain, both of which have protein-digesting and milk clothing properties.
The plants are usually dioecious (only male or female flowers are present. Male and female plants are identical in appearence until flowers appear. They come into bearing at about 6-12 months.
The fruits vary greatly in size, shape and flavour. They may measure 7-60 cm long and weighing up to 9 kg.
They are usually eaten when ripe as desert. The flesh is very rich in vitamin A and calcium and has also some vitamin C.
Many varieties of papaya are grown in Malaysia. Among thebetter known ones, the yellow-fleshed type includes Serdang, Honey Dew, and Morib, while the red-fleshed kind includes Batu Arang, Subang 6 and Taiping 3.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

TO KNOW OUR FRUITS/PLANTS 12
PINEAPPLE, ANANAS COMOSUS, BROMELIACEAE.
In Malay, it is known as buah nanas.
It is originated from South America. The name nanas in Malay is derived from Indian Language, that is nana.
It is a collective fruit, that is it developes from a whole inflorescence with many flowers and not from a single flower as for durian.
In cultivation, good varieties of pineapple seldom produce seeds, hence, there are propagated vegetatively. Such reproduction also ensures uniformity of the variety. The seeds, when formed, are normally used for the production of new variety.
There are many cultivated varieties of pineapple. The most important commercial varieties in Malaysia fall into two groups - those for canning (nanas merah nad nanas hijau) and those for eating raw (nanas Sarawak and nanas Moris). The fruits for nanas Sarawak are medium-sized with pale yellow flesh and thick central core. Those of Nanas Moris are small, with fairly bright yellow flesh and thin central woody core. They are usually very sweet and perhaps the best for desert.
The fruits also forms one of the main ingredients of a local salad preparationcalled rojak. It also makes excellent jam.
ref: Malaysian Fruits In Colour (H.F. Chin & H.S. Yong)

Saturday, September 6, 2008

TO KNOW OUR FRUITS/PLANTS 11
WATER MELON, Citrullus lanatus, CUCURBITACEAE, in Malay, it is known as buah tembikai, buah semangka or Timun Cina.
-a native of subtropical Africa but has been cultivated since ancient times. -unlike other fruits, the plants have weak, creeping stems and climbing by tendrils, and the fruit ripen on the ground. -the fruits vary greatly in the size and shape, colour, texture, flavour and sugar content of flesh; and colour, size and number of seeds. The seeds are ready for harvesting about 100 days or more after sowing. -usually eaten raw as a favourite thirst quencher. -in addition to the flesh, dried parched seeds called "kuaci" are also consumed. ref:Malaysian fruits in colour, by H.F. Chin and H.S. Yong

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