Fruit Keledang, a fruit that is almost extinct in Indonesia

in #food6 years ago


Fruit Keledang or commonly called the ward, binturung, bunon, wooden dadak has a Latin name Artocarpus lanceifolius Roxb. Buak Keledang is one of the rare species of Borneo and its existence is becoming extinct and forgotten as the natural forests begin to run out. This fruit belongs to the tribe of jackfruit (Moraceae) is related to jackfruit, marsh, cempedak and others. Keledang fruit has a sweet taste, the sensation is like the collaboration of jackfruit and mangosteen taste. The flesh of a fruit is separated from its seed like jackfruit. The color of the orange skin is reddish and shaped like a cempedak