The production is relatively large in Zhanjiang, Hainan and other places in my country.
The jackfruit tree is generally 15 to 20 meters tall and about 300 years old. The wood is hard and can be used to make furniture and yellow dye. The sap and leaves are used medicinally to reduce swelling and detoxify.
Results usually begin in 4 to 5 years.
Jackfruit fruit is large, oblong, brown-green, generally weighs 8 to 10 kilograms, and can reach 15 to 20 kilograms, making it the largest fruit among fruits.
The fruit of jackfruit is light yellow, and its varieties are mainly divided into two categories: wet package and dry package. The wet package jackfruit has a hard skin, thick flesh, juicy, sweet taste, and a special and strong aroma; the dry package jackfruit has less juice, is soft, sweet and smooth.
It tastes sweet when eaten fresh and has a medium aroma; when mature, the skin is yellow-green or yellow-brown, with hexagonal B-shaped tumor protrusions on the outer skin, which is hard with soft spines; the flesh is light yellow-white, sweet and juicy, hence the name jackfruit.
Jackfruit fruit has the effects of quenching thirst, clearing breasts, and tonifying the body and replenishing qi. The best quality is dry packaged jackfruit fruit, which is mostly grown sporadically in courtyards in the Leizhou Peninsula. The jackfruit package is famous for its large size and delicious taste.
Jackfruit blooms in spring, and the fruit matures in summer and autumn. When mature, the fragrance is overflowing and extremely attractive. The fruit is as big as a winter melon, shaped like a tripe, and has a jagged skin. The yellow flesh in the belly is rich and fragrant, making it the "King of Fruits."
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The rich aroma of jackfruit is unparalleled. Not only does it leave a fragrant taste in your mouth after eating it, but the fragrance can also be washed off your hands, and the lingering fragrance lingers for a long time.
Even greedy children know that eating jackfruit secretly cannot be hidden from adults.
For this reason, jackfruit has another nice name - "Teeth Liuxiang".
Speaking of jackfruit, many people who grew up in Leizhou Peninsula have sweet childhood memories.
Every midsummer, the plump, green jackfruit fruits hang on the tree trunks, making children salivate.
The more strict the adults are, the more eager the children will be.
Jackfruit is not only delicious, but also a good medicine.
In Xuwen County in the Leizhou Peninsula, people often use jackfruit and honey to make jackfruit wine. This liquid golden sweet wine is called "Xuwen liquid"; in addition, locals also use rice water to soak it.
Jackfruit leaves are used in folk remedies to treat abdominal pain and other diseases.
Regarding the medicinal effects of jackfruit, it is also recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty: "Jackfruit is sweet and fragrant... It can quench thirst and relieve restlessness, wake up the spleen and replenish qi."