Neuna

Sugar apple - this is how exotic fruit is often called for our country. However, it is worth noting that this bumpy, scaly fruit of pale green color just resembles a large apple in its size. Although, perhaps, in an under-ripe state, the white flesh of the purulent is actually somewhat reminiscent of the taste of a fragrant crunchy apple. In principle, this is where the similarity of tropical noise with our fruit ends.

The fruit neuna or scientific annona scaly is a bright representative of the tropics. She adores a humid and hot climate, which is why she is widely cultivated in Africa, Australia, southern Asia, as well as countries in Central and South America.

By the way, the taste of the fruit is probably familiar to many Russian tourists who, traveling around Thailand, necessarily tried this fruit as part of numerous local dishes. Most often, it is the noise that is the aromatic basis of the delicious ice cream, which is usually served in Thai cafes and restaurants.

When not fully mature, the flesh of the fruit is rather dense, but when the fruit is finally ripe, its interior acquires such a soft consistency that it can be eaten with a spoon. To do this, the fruit is cut in half, and the juicy tender flesh is scooped out by the cutlery. Small smooth black seeds are not used for food - they need to be thrown away. By the way, the number of seeds in one fruit sometimes reaches 50 pieces.

It is always recommended to choose the pune fruit by touch. Ripe fruits, which differ in light green color, are heavy and soft, and between the segments in fully mature fruits, snow-white flesh is already visible, which asks for outside. The taste of the fruit neun, which is also unusually sweet in a not quite mature state, over time also acquires some creaminess.

By the way, the noise is valued not only for its aromatic fruits - especially healing essential oil is made from the leaves of this tree, which is unusually rich in carbohydrates - terpenes. These substances are the main raw materials for the production of medicinal balms and resins.

In addition, the healing properties of the pune leaf-based decoction, which is used in folk medicine as a tonic and antipyretic agent, are known. And unripe purulent fruits, along with decoction of roots and bark, are often used to treat diseases such as dysentery.