Sakyamuni is also known as custard apple. It is named after its shape similar to the head of a Buddha statue. It is mainly produced in Taitung and other places. It is also grown in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan. It is grown every autumn to the beginning of the following spring. There is production.

The fruit is a polyfruit (Jusheng fruit), which is composed of dozens of small valves, each of which contains a small black and shiny core (black seed). Oval in shape, the unripe fruit is green, and the mature fruit is light green-yellow. The taste is slightly sweet, creamy yellow or milky white, custard-like, and fragrant. It is sweet when eaten fresh and has a very good flavor. Fruit edible rate is 67. The weight of a single fruit is generally around 350 grams.

Extended information

Shakyamuni morphological characteristics: shrubs or trees, single or star-shaped hairs. Leaves are alternate; pinnately veined; petioles present. The flowers are terminal or opposite to the leaves, single or in bunches; the sepals are 3, small and arranged in a valvate shape.

The petals are separated or united at the base, 6 petals, 2 whorls, 3 petals in each whorl, or the inner whorl degenerates into scale-like shape or disappears completely, the long triangle of the outer whorl may be broad and flat, and the base may be completely concave. , thick in mass, arranged in a tweezer-like arrangement, the inner rings are usually arranged in an imbricate shape, and sparsely arranged in a tweezer-like shape.

The stamens are numerous and densely grown, the filaments are fleshy, the septum is enlarged, the apex is truncate, and a few are pointed; the carpels are numerous, usually connate, and each carpel has 1 ovule, basal and upright. The mature carpels heal into a fleshy and large aggregate berry.

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