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Intro of Custard Apple
The custard apple scientific name is Annona Reticulata L from family
Annonaceae. Custard apple has another name such as sugar apple,
sweetsop and bullock hearth. The custard apple are usually round,ovoid
or conical with widely 2-4 inches. The fruit spotting knobby segments
in shades of pale or bluish green with orange yellow margin. Others
varieties may have spotting deep pink to red or purplish-red skin, some
even speckled and bear seedless fruits. The ripened custard apple fruit
which weighs about 100-400 grams, is a mass of soft, creamy white and
glistening, cone like segmented flesh that is slightly fragrant and
deliciously sweet and custardy. Within most of the segmented flesh is a
single blackish-brown seed that is hard and shiny.
How Custard Apple Tree
Look?
The custard apple tree is a small semi evergreen tree. Custard apple
trees can be 5 to 10 meters tall.. Custard apple is found throughout
the tropics. Custard tree is a low, erect tree, with a rounded or
spreading crown and trunk 25-35 cm thick. The leave are elongated with
long 10 to 15 cm and wide 5 to 10 cm. The fragrant flower is in cluster
and slender with narrow petals 2-3 cm long and externally light green
and pale yellow with a dark red or purple spot on the inside flower.
Product made from Custard
Apple/Recipes
Some of product made from custard apple are:
1.Custard apple cake
2. Custard apple juice
3. Custard apple powder
Why Custard Apple
Benefits to Healthy
The custard apple taste is sweet, it have many health and nutritional
benefits. Given below is the nutritional value of the fruit:
Nutritional Value per 100gm
Iron - 0.7mg
Thiamine (B1) 0.05 to 0.08 mg
Vitamin A 1 mg
Vitamin C 22 to 43 mg
Acidity 0.4-20 mg
Energy 310 to 420 kJ
Protein - 1 to 4.3 gm
Zinc 2.7mg
Magnesium 32 to 88 mg
Copper 2.4mg
Potassium - 250 to 578 mg
Fibre 1 to 3.2 g
Riboflavin (B2) 0.08 to 0.1 mg
Sugar 14 to 18 gm
Niacin (B3) 0.8-20 mg
Carbohydrate 23.71 gm
Sodium - 4 to 14 mg
Calcium - 17 -20 mg
Vitamin C - 22 to 43 mg
Fiber - 1 to 3.2 g
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Health Benefits of Custard Apple
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