Amra fruit is a fruit that tastes a bit sour but sweet. Amra fruit has a fairly large seeds and seeds form like rambutan, but white. Besides it tastes fresh, amra fruit also has various health benefits. And not just fruit is beneficial, but the stems and leaves of fruit amra also has a variety of benefits.
Amra is also known as golden apple, yellow mombin or hog plum is a species a tree and flowering plant.
Family: Anacardiacae
Origin: Society Islands of the South Pacific
Height: 40-50ft (12-15m)
Spread: Open spreading canopy; 40-50ft (12-15m)
Plant habit: Erect, stately usually stiff in appearance; symmetrical
Growth rate: Fast
Trunk/bark/branches: light grey-brown bark: graceful, rounded branches
Leaves: Deciduous; large, glossy, 8-12in (20-30cm); pinnately compound; 10-18 leaflets; 2.5-3in (6-8cm)
Flowers: Whitish, small, inconspicuous; large, loose terminal panicles, 8-12in. (20-30cm); bisexual and self-fertile; March-April
Fruit: Orange-yellow; clusters of 3-20; globular to ovoid; drupe; tough skin; yellow pulp, fibrous; single large seed; 2-3in. (5-8cm)
Season: November through May
Light requirement: Full sun
Soil tolerances: All types of soil, including oolitic limestone in Florida, as long as they are well-drained
pH preference: 5.5-7.5
Drought tolerance: Mature trees are drought tolerant
Flood tolerance: Not tolerant
Salt tolerance: Poor
Cold tolerance: 30°F (-1°C)
Plant spacing: 50-60ft (15-18m) unless provisions are made to control tree size
Roots: Potable water can be derived from the roots in emergency
Pest resistance: Few pests; nutritional problems on highly alkaline soils
The fruit may present a choking hazard if the core and fibres are not properly removed. Contact with foliage and sap may cause dermatitis in some individuals.
Propagation:
Propagation of this tree is very easily accomplished by rooting large hardwood cuttings. Superior varieties can be air-layered also. Seedlings often produce variable fruit, so most people prefer to propagate ambarella by hardwood cuttings or by air-layering.
Fruits at maturity have a yellow to golden-orange skin and an orangery-yellow pulp surrounding a single large spiny seed. Flavour varies from acid to sweet and most people eat this as a fresh fruit, However, it does make excellent preserves, jellies or sauces.
The stone, or seed casing, has spines that stick out into the flesh and complicates the use of the fruit. Seeds are produced in 5 small cavities in the stone. Only 1 or 2 of the seeds will be developed.
The fruits usually drop off when they turn yellow. They can be picked green and they will turn yellow in about 5 days at room temperature. The taste is reminiscent of pineapples. The fruit can be used in jams, jellies and sauces when ripe, and when unripe, in pickles or relishes. A very tasty jam can be made.
Hog plums are commonly eaten raw in the Caribbean and in Asia, where the fruits grow naturally. Hog plums are related to mangoes and have a sweet sour taste, depending on ripeness. The fruits can be eaten raw and whole as a snack, but they are commonly made into fresh juices, or used to produce ice cream, jams and jellies. In Mexico, unripe hog plums are pickled to make a sour-spicy side dish.
Health Benefits:
All Nutrition are useful for human body but Amra or Amraa Fruit is very useful for men, Women, babies as well as permanent patients.
Amra Fruit has many benefits for normal men and patients. So it need to use in & its season to grow up your body with some useful vitamins.
1. Vitality
The main content contained in amra fruit is in the form of sucrose sugar elements that are important to supplement our energy and vitality. So the water content is high enough and helpful in digestion and prevent dehydration. Besides other benefits amra fruit is low fat content, so the fruit is suitable as a snack food diet refreshing. Moreover, carbohydrate and protein content also includes low. In addition, there is also in part the use of fruit amra fatherly cure and overcome the wounds caused by burns.
2.Treating cough
Take 2 or 3 pieces amra. Wash thoroughly, then grate. Without the added water squeeze the water. Add a little salt, Drinks to people 3 times a day.
3.Protects Against Heart Disease
Researchers found that hog plums were naturally high in antioxidants, which they compared to the heart medication,The study found that hog plums reduced overall cholesterol levels and that their antioxidant effect on heart health . The conclusion was that hog plums may be beneficial for overall heart health, but longer term research is needed.
4.Treating Dysentery
The leaves and bark of this tree contains many flavanoida, saponins and tannins. The content is very useful to cure dysentery and cough cure. To make herbal potions to cure dysentery we simply take kedondong bark about 5 gr. Select the skin fresh and clean. After it was sliced in the form of small pieces and boiled with 2 cups water until the remaining half. Then set aside to be warmer, then strain and drink the water.
5.Rich in Vitamin C
Hog plums are rich in vitamin C, which, in addition to being an essential vitamin, is a natural antioxidant, protecting your body from damage caused by free radicals, potentially reducing your risk of heart disease. A 100-gram portion of hog plums has 46.4 milligrams of vitamin C per serving. This provides 39 to 49 percent of the daily intake needed each day. Vitamin C gives support to your immune system, and it helps with the production of collagen, which keeps your skin, ligaments, tendons and cartilage healthy.
6.Rich in Iron
A 100-gram serving of hog plums has 2.8 milligrams of iron. This provides 15.5 to 35 percent of the recommended intake of iron per day. Iron is essential for overall health and body function because it is needed to produce hemoglobin and myoglobin, both of which carry oxygen throughout your body. Hemoglobin is stored in red blood cells, so having enough iron in your diet is key for red blood cell production.
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