Janeng is included in tuber type of tuber, small tree and small spiny, vines like betel tree. The leaves are green when young. It usually grows wild in the forest-forest under a tree of rhythm or shade. The jaseng tree has a large fruit that pierces underground.
Jateng plants are tuber-type forest plants. In Latin is included in the Amorphopallus campanulatus clan member. Now in the province of Aceh, varieties of janeng plants are increasingly scarce in forests.
In the past, during the Dutch and Japanese colonies, janeng or janeng baits by our indatu were used as alternative food substitutes for rice and other traditional food ingredients, especially in rural areas.
The janeng tree grows in the bushes, growing well in damp places and protected from the sun. Tall janeng tree more than 1 meter with characteristics - characteristics; The trunk is soft, spiked small, and green. The roots are filthy white. White fruit and fruit weight can reach 7-10 kg.
Jateng fruit has a high nutritional value, with the main content is about 70-85% carbohydrates. Other ingredients, such as fiber, vitamins, calcium, iron, and protein. This fruit is suitable consumed by people with diabetes because low glycemic content can suppress the increase in blood sugar levels.
Before being eaten, janeng fruit that has been dug from the ground, first removed the skin and washed with water. Further sliced or chopped small, washed again until clean and then pounded in a sack.
In fresh condition, janeng can be used as raw material of traditional cakes and various other snacks. Javanese can also mix ingredients of compote, porridge, or made lean vegetable soup.
As a rural child, I had only once tasted food made from janeng fruit. Fruit janeng, I termed fruit crops are meritorious in the struggle, now a forgotten janeng.
