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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Jackfruit : The National Fruit of Bangladesh

Written by Taufqa Farzana

Hello readers. I am Taufiqa Farzana. The Jackfruit is a national fruit of Bangladesh. It is the largest fruit from all the fruits. I think Jackfruit is very famous to all. That’s why I would like to share with the readers whatever I know about this fruit.


Jackfruit is found all over in Bangladesh; but mainly in the month of Jaishtha and Ashar. It grows in plenty on the hilly areas of Chittagong and Sylhet and on the highland of Dhaka, Mymensingh, Comilla and Jessore. Beside these, it grows in India, Srilanka, Burma and Brazil. It has a rough and prickly skin. Inside the skin the fruit is found to be composed of many juicy flakes. When it becomes ripe, it turns out to be delicious and succulent to eat. It is also a very nutritious fruit. We get Vitamin ‘’A’’ and “C’’ from Jackfruit cell. We can also make jam, jelly, and juice by Jackfruit’s cell. The Jackfruit trees are very large. The leaves of Jackfruit trees are good food for cow and goat. From the stalk of Jackfruit trees we can make furniture. Jackfruit is in great demand with the common people. The price is comparatively cheap. Beside this, it can be served as a food. I like Jackfruit very much.

5 comments:

Katie said...

I've never had a chance to try a good jackfruit. When I stayed in Bangladesh, my bhashur bought some jackfruit for me to taste but it was overripe and too smelly and slimey. But my bhabi made some torkari out of the seeds and that was very tasty! Someday I'll give it another chance.

Anonymous said...

Jack fruit is large but sweet in taste .The color is good.


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Unknown said...

Previously I used to take one or two "bulbs" out of fear that it may affect my digestive system. But once I found my Indian colleague devouring about 100 bulbs in one sitting and later confided that it gives him laxative affects the next day!..lol!

I found the following from the internet:

The orange-yellow colored edible bulbs consists of sweet flavored sheaths that enclose a smooth, oval, light-brown color seed.

Jack fruit seed is 2 to 4 cm long and 1 to 3 cm thick and is white and crisp within. There may be as many as 100 to 500 edible bulbs embedded in a single fruit interspersed between thin bands of fibers. Almost all the parts of the tree gives white sticky latex like juice when injured.

Health benefits of jack fruit

The fruit is made of soft, easily digestible flesh (bulbs) with simple sugars like fructose and sucrose that when eaten replenishes energy and revitalizes the body instantly.

Jack-fruit is rich in dietary fiber, which makes it a good bulk laxative. The fiber content helps to protect the colon mucous membrane by decreasing exposure time and as well as binding to cancer causing chemicals in the colon.

Fresh fruit is an excellent source of Vitamin-A, which has powerful antioxidant properties and is essential for vision. Vitamin A is also required for maintaining integrity of mucus membranes and skin and to boost immunity. Consumption of natural fruits rich in vitamin-A known to protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.

It is also rich in antioxidant flavonoids like β-carotene and lutein. These antioxidants are found to be protective against colon, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and pancreatic cancers.

It is one of the rare fruit that is rich in B-complex group of vitamins. It contains very good amounts of vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), niacin, riboflavin and folic acid.

Jack fruit is also good source of antioxidant vitamin-C; provides about 11% of RDA. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful free radicals.

Fresh fruit is a good source of potassium, magnesium, manganese and iron. Potassium in an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure.

Source: http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/jack_fruit.html

Amir Hamja said...

i have pancreatitis disese. All time a panic work at my mind, if eat any food such as jackfruit, banana, mango etc may be pain again. Can i eat these fruit?

Anonymous said...

Thanks for making a great article on Jackfruit. It helped me making a Class 2 paragraph.