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The Survival Fruit That Can Feed A Family For An Entire Day
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If you love Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum, you’ll most likely love Jackfruit. Word has it that Wrigley took inspiration from the jackfruit to flavor his world-famous chewing gum. Sweet and fruity, the flavor of jackfruit has been compared to bananas, pineapples, mangos and peaches.
Actually, this exotic fruit is in a class of its own. With its thick, rough skin, ungainly appearance and monstrous size, the jackfruit is the largest known tree-borne fruit in the world. It can grow up to three feet in length and 100 pounds in weight!
Jackfruit trees are known to have originated in India. The tall, stately evergreens thrive in tropical and sub-tropical regions where climate is warm and humid much of the year: Asia, South America, Africa and the South Pacific. If you live in Hawaii or South Florida where they’re also cultivated, you’re probably familiar with the strong, fruity aroma that the fruits give off as they ripen. The smell may be pungent to some but is absolutely heavenly to those of us who love them.
Jackfruits belong to the Moraceae family, which include the fig, mulberry and breadfruit. Also known as jaca in Spanish and nangka in Malay, these oversized babies spring from the trunk and branches of their mother trees, taking about four to eight months to mature fully.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/off-grid-foods/the-survival-fruit-that-can-feed-a-family-for-an-entire-day/
