
Soursop, jackfruit, or dutch durian (Annona muricata L.) is a useful plant originating in the Caribbean, Central America and South America. In various regions of Indonesia known as jackfruit sebrang, jackfruit (Java), jackfruit, soursop (Sundanese), burak nangka, nangkelan (Madura), srikaya jawa (Bali), boh lôna (Aceh), durio ulondro (Nias), durian Betawi (Minangkabau) and jambu landa (in Lampung, "Nangko Belando" (Palembang)) The mention of "Dutch" and its variations indicates that soursop (from the Dutch: zuurzak, meaning "sac acid") was imported by the Dutch East Indies colonial government to the archipelago , Ie in the 19th century, though not from Europe.
This plant is grown commercially for its meat fruits. This plant can grow in any place, best grown in a fairly watery area. Soursop name itself comes from the Dutch language. Zuurzak. Which means "acid sac".
This plant is grown commercially or oddly for fruits. Soursop tree can reach a height of 9 meters. In Indonesia soursop can grow well at an altitude of 1000 m above sea level.
Soursop fruit is not a true fruit, which is large enough size up to 20-30 cm weighing up to 2.5 kg. The so-called "fruit" is actually a collection of fruits (aggregate fruit) with single seeds coinciding with each other and losing bounds between fruits. Soursop meat is white and has black seeds. This fruit is often used for raw drink juice drinks as well as ice cream. Soursop fruit contains many carbohydrates, especially fructose. Other nutritional content is vitamin C, vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 are quite a lot. The seeds are toxic, and can be used as a natural insecticide, just like the seeds of srikaya