The recent observations about the multiple health advantages of consuming jackfruits has invited lot of discussion in the media.
The plan is to make the fruit popular widely and produce hybrid variety which would produce fruit throughout the year.
A recent news release proposed fifteen different ways jack fruit can be used for dietary purpose from its raw stage. Although its demand has increased and hence the cost, it is still seen as a fruit with limited benefits.
There are jackfruit shows like mango shows which the government in Kerala popularises.
I have come across five foot high jackfruit trees with fruits, although smaller in size than the usual ones.
It was an obscure fruit with no market value when I was growing up. Now it has become a delicacy with multiple health advantages and one fruit of five kilograms costing around 300 rupees.
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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