ID TEXT – From Banyuwangi, East Java, tree Kepel (Stelechocarpus burahol) can thrive to heights 20 meter. Apart from growing wild at the foot of Mount Raung, tree kepel This can also be found growing up in the yards of Jambewangi Village residents, Sempu Kecamatan District.
Entering this month of May, some trees Kepel start to flower. Although it can thrive, but the location of the tree grows kepel this is quite rare. Even the existence of the fruit is also difficult to find in the market fruit.
In the front yard of Sarmijan's house (43), one of the residents of the slopes of Raung, Jambewangi Village, grow tall 2 tree Kepel. Sarmijan confessed, he never sells directly fruit kepel it's on the market fruit. every season, always sold out before harvest time arrives.
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“The term has been booked in advance by collectors. Later they will download the fruit themselves when it's time to harvest,” Sarmijan said, Tuesday (2/5/2023).
According to Sarmijan, the majority of the harvest collected by collectors is sent outside the region. Most of them are sent to Bali and Central Java. Besides the tree is rare, because this is what makes fruit kepel rarely found in the market fruit from Banyuwangi.
According to Sarmijan, two trees Kepel his can produce between 80-150 kilogram fruit every harvest. Price sell fruit Kepel in the market varies between about Rp 30 thousand to Rp 60 thousand per kilogram, depending on quality fruit and price tends to decrease when the harvest season arrives.
Sarmijan is not sure how old the tree is Kepel on the page. However, he mentioned that the tree had existed since before his parents were born. His father was born in 1960 and since childhood, tree Kepel it's big and it's there.
"Father was born year 1960. Father said, since he was small this tree has been around and big,he explained.
When ripe, fruit Kepel has a fresh and sweet taste. Fruit Kepel consist of 49 percent meat fruit, 27 percent of seeds, and the rest of the skin is quite thick.
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In traditional medicine, meat fruit Kepel have benefits for the human body. Polyphenol content, saponin, and the flavonoids in it make fruit Kepel rich in antioxidants.
Fruit Kepel Useful as a diuretic, prevent kidney inflammation, lower cholesterol and uric acid levels, maintain heart health, accelerate the regeneration of body cells, prevent cancer, and overcome bad body odor.
However, for newly married women, advised not to consume fruit Kepel because the content of isoflavones and phytoestrogens in it can affect female fertility. This content can temporarily hold the reproductive process in women and make fruit Kepel It has an effect like birth control pills, which results in temporary infertility.
