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Spondias dulcis Nutritional Values
Spondias dulcis Nutritional Values- Ambarella, has a Latin
name Spondias dulcis and commonly
known as kedondong is a tropical tree that can reach 15 meters until 20 meters
with edible truit containing a hard fibrous pit. This plant have different name
in different area, such as kedondong in Indonesia, pomme cythere in Dominica,
June plum in Jamaica, golden apple in Barbados, and other else. This plant usually can be encountered in soil plains and
also in tropical climates such as Indonesia. The ambarella likes a humid tropical climate
and will not fruit ib areas tahat receive frosts. Its need a humid climate with
aple rainfall to flourish. The propagation usually by seeds which can fruit in
2-4 years.
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Spondias
dulcis is usually used for food source or eaten raw. In
Indonesia, especially in West Java, its young leaves are used to seasoning for ‘pepes’.
Commonly, ambarella are used for its fruit. The fruit have acid-sweeted taste.
Because of that the fruits is usually made for ‘manisan’ or ‘rujak’.
In 100 grams of the Spondias dulcis’s fruit have 57
calories, 15.5 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram dietary fiber, 8 grams sugars, 1
gram protein, 1% vitamin A, 85% vitamin C, 2% calcium, and 2% iron. The good
points of the fruit is no saturated fat, no cholesterol, no sodium, and very
high in vitamin C. The bad points of the fruit is very high in sugar (sucrose).
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Spondias
dulcis’s fruit have many advantage, there are:
1. Increase
endurance of the body. The content of nutrients contained in Spondias dulcis’s fruit is sugar in sucrose
is important for the vitality and endurance. Water content and fiber from
fruits is helpful to prevent dehydration.
2. Dysentery
disease medication. The leaves and bark of the tree can be used as a treatment
of dysentery. The leaves and bark of this tree contains many flavanoida,
saponins, and tannins. The content is very useful to cure dysentery.
Cough medicine. In Spondias dulcis’s fruits contain acids
and vitamin C, it is able to reduce or eliminate cough.
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