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[2] Then, Mbok Srini returned to her shack and planted the cucumber seed in an orchard behind her house. In a matter of months, a big, golden cucumber grew from the seed. When Mbok Srini harvested the golden cucumber and cut it open, behold, there was a beautiful baby girl inside it.
Pandanus conoideus is a plant in the Pandanus family from New Guinea.Its fruit is eaten in Papua New Guinea and Papua, Indonesia.The fruit has several names: marata, marita in Papua New Guinea local language, kuansu in Dani of Wamena [1] [2] or buah merah ("red fruit") in common Indonesian.
The fresh fruit and seeds contain hydrogen cyanide, thus are deadly poisonous if consumed without prior preparation. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The seeds are first boiled and then buried in ash, banana leaves and earth for forty days, [ 13 ] during which time they turn from a creamy white colour to dark brown or black. [ 14 ]
The female tree produces flowers with round fruits that are also bract-surrounded. The individual fruit is a drupe, and these merge to varying degrees forming multiple fruit, a globule structure, 10–20 cm (4–8 in) in diameter and have many prism-like sections, resembling the fruit of the pineapple. Typically, the fruit changes from green to ...
The conventional way this fruit is eaten is when the outer casing is still unripe while the seeds are eaten as the fruit. But if the entire fruit is left to ripen, the fibrous outer layer of the palm fruits can also be eaten raw, boiled, or roasted. When this happens, the fruit takes a purple-blackish hue, and tastes similar to coconut flesh ...
Watermelon fruit is 91% water, contains 6% sugars, and is low in fat (table). [29] In a 100-gram (3 + 1 ⁄ 2-ounce) serving, watermelon fruit supplies 125 kilojoules (30 kilocalories) of food energy and low amounts of essential nutrients (see table). Only vitamin C is present in appreciable content at 10% of the Daily Value (table).
The characteristic aroma of pandan is caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, found in the lower epidermal papillae; [5] the compound gives white bread, jasmine rice, and basmati rice (as well as bread flowers Vallaris glabra) their typical smell. [6] Though the plant is unknown in the wild, it is widely cultivated.
The fruit is large, 15–25 cm (6–10 in) in diameter, [5] usually weighing 1–2 kilograms (2–4 pounds). It has a thicker rind than a grapefruit, and is divided into 11 to 18 segments. The flesh tastes like mild grapefruit, with a little of its common bitterness (the grapefruit is a hybrid of the pomelo and the orange).