Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Jujube Fruit:

The Common Names of Jujube is Chinese date, Tsao. The jujube originates in China where they have been cultivated for more than 4,000 years and wherever there are over 400 cultivars. Jujube contains the potassium, phosphorus, manganese and calcium as the most important minerals.

There are also high amount of sodium, zinc, iron and copper. Jujube also contains riboflavin, vitamin c and thiamine. It contains 20 times the quantity of vitamin C as citrus fruits. The fruit is a drupe, unstable from round to make longer and from cherry-size to plum-size depending on cultivar.

It has a thin, fit to be eaten skin immediate whitish flesh of sweet, pleasurable flavor. The on its own hard stone contains two seeds. The undeveloped fruit is green in color, but as it ripen it goes all the way through a yellow-green stage with mahogany-colored spots appear on the skin as the fruit ripen more.

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