Today I will introduce you a very amzing?? fruit’s story that is our National fruit, It is Jack fruit. Off course you may know something about this fruit but today specially I will tell you its untold and unknown story regarding it’s high value and usefullness and it’s high contributions in our life!!! It is not just only a fruit we eat it has so many uses in every stage of its life !!
Caption: Take off all cells from a ripe jack fruit inside and kept those in a bowl for serving and eating. Captured at my house few days ago by me with my smartphone Samsung J7pro
Caption: A ripen Jack fruit view at my house, I bought it few days ago for my family
Caption: I bought this Jack fruit yesterday from a farmer in Chittagong city, Here I little broken to show the inside cells of Jack fruit
Its local name is : “কাঠাল” or "Kathal”
Why it is National fruits of Bangladesh,?:
There are so many reasons to declare it as National fruit, but mainly reason is:
- It is easily grows everywhere each and evry house in the village area have this tree even in the city area also it is so available in many houses
- It has so many uses tender fruit to ripen fruit to seeds. even furniture also made of its wood.
- It can be bought with very low cost but has high nutrition value.
This fruit is viewed as delicious, sweet, tasty and juicy.
Caption: Take off all cells from a ripe jack fruit inside and kept those in a bowl for serving and eating.
Scientific name : Artocarpus Heterophyllus, It is also known as jack tree From the family Moraceae.
Caption: A jack fruit tree with unripe jack fruits is hanging on its body. Photo taken from Khulshi area in Chittagong city,Bangladesh
Caption: A jack fruit tree with close up view of unripe jack fruits is hanging on its body. Photo taken from Khulshi area in Chittagong city,Bangladesh
Caption: Leaves of a jack fruit tree. Photo taken from Akbarsha Railway Housing in Chittagong city, Bangladesh.
Caption: A jack fruit tree with very tender jack fruits is hanging on its body. Photo taken from Khulshi area in Chittagong city,Bangladesh. It is the time of starting fruits from tree.
It’s major feature is white latex. It is a companion plant.
In every stage of its life it is beneficent for human needs.
- Leaves of Jack fruit tree is favourite food s for cattle.
- Also tender fruits are favourite for some children they eat it with some salt and chilli powder.
- Unripe and raw Jack fruit can be used as a good vegetable also. In our country it favourite vegetables for many people
- So many furniture also made of old jack tree
- Even it seeds are very delicious and nutritious food. Used in cooking vegetables, ot directly can eat burning /grilling / boiling on a pan in a stove. Seeds are also used a local food name “Halua” one kind of cake
- When you take off all the fruit cells from a Jack fruit, then the skin remain, it is so amazing that it is also not wastage, it is very much favourite food for cattle mainly cows are fond of it.
Caption: Seeds of Jack fruit, captured from my house after eating fruit.
Caption: Close up photo of Seeds of Jack fruit, captured from my house after eating fruit.
Usefulness of eating ripe Jack fruit:
It’s nutrition multiplication is very high. It has a rich amount of beta carotene, vitamin A, C, B1, B2, calcium, magnesium, potassium etc. Besides carbohydrate it has a little amount of protein. The beta carotene in it helps enhancing eyesight, teeth and also skincare.
Caption: Ripe jack fruits view , just partly opened it to take cell from the fruit, captured from my house when we prepared to take off fruit cells from fruits for eating put it in a bowl.
Caption: Close up view of the cell of Jack fruits.
Caption: last stage of the jack fruit, it’s a skin of jack fruit after taking off all fruit cells but can used as feed of cattle
Interesting other thing is this fruit is considered as the largest fruits in the world, And one tree can provide 100-150 jack fruits in a year means every season.
The jack tree is well-suited to tropical lowlands, and is widely cultivated throughout tropical regions of the world. The tree is handsome and stately, 30 to 70 ft (9-21 m) tall, with evergreen, alternate, glossy, somewhat leathery leaves to 9 in (22.5 cm) long, oval on mature wood, sometimes oblong or deeply lobed on young shoots. All parts contain a sticky, white latex. Short, stout flowering twigs emerge from the trunk and large branches, or even from the soil-covered base of very old trees.
Caption: A jack fruit tree with huge unripe jack fruits is hanging on its body. Photo taken from Halishahar area in Chittagong city,Bangladesh. Here sun shine is peeping from the tree inside
Moreover, so many furniture also made of old jack tree.
Jackfruit is commonly used in South and Southeast Asian cuisines. Both ripe and unripe fruits are consumed. The jackfruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and the state fruit of the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is available internationally canned or frozen and in chilled meals as are various products derived from the fruit such as noodles and chips.
Ripe jackfruit is naturally sweet, with subtle pineapple- or banana-like flavoring. It can be used to make a variety of dishes, including custards, cakes, or mixed with shaved ice. It is very tasty to eat. And Jackfruit has a distinctive sweet and fruity aroma.
Westerners generally will find the jackfruit most acceptable in the full-grown but unripe stage, when it has no objectionable odor, it can be cooked as a delicious vegetable dish. The fruit at this time is simply cut into large chunks for cooking, and cooked with various spices as like as other vegetables which is also very tasty to eat.
Moreover, The seeds from ripe fruits are edible, and are said to have a milky, sweet taste often compared to Brazil nuts. They may be boiled, baked, or roasted. When roasted, the flavor of the seeds is comparable to chestnuts. Seeds are used as snacks (either by boiling or fire-roasting) or to make desserts.
The seeds also have very high starch content,
the Tree’s nutritional value rests in its seeds as Jackfruit seeds are extremely high in Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B2. The seeds also have very high starch content, but are quite low in the presence of iron and calcium. Each fruit can contain between 100 to 500 seeds, which are oily to the touch. The seeds are often preserved for later use and are often prepared in a mixture of brine, oil and syrup.
But it may be little harmful for certain people who are allergic to it, especially those who are allergic to birch pollen ( 22 ). Moreover, due to its potential to lower blood sugar levels, individuals with diabetes may need to have their medication dosages changed if they eat this fruit on a regular basis.
So, it is an amazing fruit which is consumed as delicious food in every stage of it’s life.
This is my story!!!
Now pls tell some story regarding or related with Jack fruits from your side!!
Thank you all ???
Have a beautiful day⚘⚘???
Mahbub.
