My Favourite Fruits When I Was Child

 Favourite childhood fruit and usefulness

When I was kid, I like ‘blusukan’ or  to look for wild fruits in the fields to eat. Unfortunately lately I rarely see wild fruits it around my house. The fruits name is Cimplukan, Kawista, Jamblang, Kersen, and Ceremai. Here's a little explanation about the benefits of the wild fruits.

1.Cimplukan

Ceplukan or cimplukan is the name of a type of small fruit, which when ripe covered by the magnification of the petals. Like a lantern in lampion or tiny bells.
Cimplukan which in Latin is called Physalis angulata is one of the herbal plants that live one season and has a height of about 1 meter. In English known as Cutleaf groundcherry, wild tomato, camapu, and winter cherry. Whereas in scientific language (Latin) called Physalis angulata synonymous with Physalis peruviana and Physalis minima.

The leaves are useful as a drug Cimplukan fracture healing, dropsy, boils, ulcers, heart booster, sprains, stomach pain, and gonorrhea. While the fruit itself is often eaten directly ciplukan to treat epilepsy, difficult urination, and jaundice.

In cimplukan tree contains the active compounds include saponins (shoot), flavonoids (leaves and buds), polyphenols, and fisalin (fruit), Withangulatin A (fruit), palmitic acid and stearic (seed), alkaloids (root) , Chlorogenik acid (stems and leaves), tannins (fruit), kriptoxantin (fruit), vitamin C and sugars (fruits).

Cimplukan can be used as antihiperglikemi, antibacterial, antiviral, immunostimulant and immunosuppressant (immunomodulators), anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, analgesic, and cytotoxic. Also as a laxative urine (diuretic), neutralize toxins, relieve cough, activate the body's glands and anti-tumor.

Generally grow wild, cimplukan commonly found mixed with other herbs and shrubs in gardens, fields, fields that dries, curb, edge of the forest and forest fragments that are open illuminated sun.

The fruit is popular with children. All parts of the plant, from the leaves to the roots and usually dried first, used as a traditional medicine.

2.Kawista

Kawista (Limonia acidissima syn. Feronia Limonia) is a close relative of maja and still included in the rate-jerukan citrus (Rutaceae). Plants utilized this fruit is rarely found although now some areas began to develop. Kawista relatively resistant to adverse conditions (dry or saline soils) and disease resistance. It originates from southern India to the Southeast Asia and Java.

Kawista can be used as a rootstock for citrus, but it affects the taste of citrus fruit produced. This kind of citrus fruit known as "kajer" (from "Kawista" and "orange") and can be found in Galis, Madura.

In Aceh, Kawista known as the fruit shell. Used as a salad seasoning mix and syrup Aceh. In Rembang developed Kawista syrup. Flavors like cola. The Javanese call kawis.

3. Jamblang

Jamblang (Syzygium cumini) or also called rivet nut and fruit trees Duwet is a kind of tribal Syzygium (Myrtaceae). Jamblang mixed fruit tastes sweet and sour astringent. In foreign languages fruit is known as jambulan, jambulana (Malaysia), duhat (Philippines), crested, jamun, or Java plum (Ingg.)

4. Kersen

Kersen or Talok (Muntingia calabura L.) is a kind of small fruit trees at once sweet and bright red. In some areas, such as Jakarta, is also named cherry fruit. Kresen fruit tastes sweet.

5.Ceremai

Ceremai or cereme the scientific name (latin) called Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeells, which is synonymous with Phyllanthus acidus Müll.Arg., P. Cicha, Cicca disticha, C. ACIDA Merr., C. nodiflora and Averrhoa ACIDA. At first glance, ceremei tree (Phyllanthus acidus) is similar to the tree starfruit (Averrhoa bilimbi). But the both of fruit is very different. The fruit tends to sour tastes sweet. So better if made sweets.

Various Benefits Ceremei. Ceremei can be eaten fresh with mixed sugar, salt or rujak(spicy fruits) . Ceremai also often made sweets, boiled (setup) or made refreshments. Young leaves can be used as a salad.

To treat cancer, boil 1/4 ceremai handheld young leaves, carambola leaf cell 1/3, 1/2 finger lote upas, chinese yam 1/2 finger and 3 finger palm sugar with 3 cups of water until the remaining approximately 3 / 4nya. Once cool strain and drink 3 times a day each - every 3/4 cup.

Whereas if you want to streamline the body, the way, some of the leaves boiled with enough water to taste ceremai well, then drink the cooking water. But do not consume in the long term due to the effects of leaf content ceremai worked very powerful. So occasionally.

Ceremei can also treat asthma, which by the way, mashed beans ceremai 6 pieces, 2 red onions, 1/4 handheld kara root, eight grains of litchi fruit, then boiled with 2 cups of water until the remaining approximately 11/2 cups. Once cool strain and drink 2 times a day each - each 3/4 cup.

Another benefit is to treat Constipation. How, finely minced 3/4 teaspoon ceremai seeds, then pour 1/2 cup of warm water and add 1 tablespoon of honey. Stir until smooth and drink well, do 2 times a day.