At first glance looks like duku. The round fruit is yellow with some black spots around it and generally clustered together in one stalk. Maluku typical fruit is very much encountered in almost all the mainland Maluku and can thrive in all areas of the plains. The fruit that looks ordinary but it turns out this special is named Langsat.
Langsat is still a family with duku with latin name Lansium domesticum. Although it has many similarities in terms of outward looks, but Langsat has many significant differences with the duku we used to encounter. From the tree, Langsat looked thinner than a dense leafy duku. The Langsat bar is not as big as duku and has an upright branch with dark green leaves. The next difference is in the fruit that has thinner skin than duku, besides Langsat has a more acidic taste and more sap content than duku. This causes the fruit of Langsat to decompose faster when picked from the tree than the duku fruit. Generally, within about 3 days the skin of Langsat will darken even though the fruit taste is still good.
Although visually it looks superior to Duku fruit than Langsat, but please note that Langsat has high calorie and vitamin content. In 100 grams of fruit Langsat, contained 70 calories, 1 gram protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 13 grams of carbohydrates, 0.7 grams of minerals, 18mg calcium, 9 mg phosphorus, and 0.9 iron. No wonder if in terms of calories, minerals and iron fruits equivalent level higher than Apple or Orange.
Judging from the content of very high nutrients, of course Langsat fruit has tremendous benefits for the human body. Not only that, according to some studies, Langsat fruit also has benefits as a supporter of human life. That said, the fruit of Langsat is very good for you who are undergoing the process of dieting. Fiber and calorie content in the Langsat fruit will give the effect of digestion smoothly and more power without having to consume a lot of food. Skin fruit that is thinner than duku also has a good content as an antioxidant that prevents the growth of cancer cells. Powder seeds can be used as a fever medicine by pounding and then menyeduhnya in hot water to drink. In fact, the bark of Langsat tree can be used as an insect bite. So many benefits gained from this simple fruit. In fact, with little use of food technology, Langsat fruit can be processed into jam or basic ingredients to make dodol and pudding.
Sumbus fruits include tropical fruits that will only grow well in tropical regions such as Indonesia. We should be grateful to have an endemic fruit like Langsat, because in reality there are so many benefits and usefulness of this duku-like fruit. Langsat is one of the many types of culinary fruit that grows in Maluku and this is one of the advantages possessed by the plant world in Maluku. When the Indonesian people know the advantages of this extraordinary simple fruit, we should be able to maximize even more Langsat potential to support the life of Indonesia to a better direction.