6/22/2015 6 Kepel http://www.fruitipedia.com/FWO/6%20Kepel.htm 1/2 FRUITWORLD ONLINE A Fruitipedia Initiative Home Recent articles Photo features Contact us News Archives 15 August 2014 KEPEL – THE FRUIT THAT WILL MAKE YOU FRAGRANT Dr. Chiranjit Parmar 186/3 Jail Road Mandi HP 175001 [email protected] ; 01905-222810 We eat fruits are for food, for energy, for vitamin C, for mineral nutrients, fibre etc. But can you imagine that there also exists a fruit in the world which is eaten fragrant. Yes, there is a fruit like that among 4500 edible fruits existing on this earth which if eaten regularly for 4-5 days, the body turns pleasantly fragrant and violets. All the body secretions including urine develop a fragrance resembling that of violet flowers. Even the breath also starts smelling fragrant. Kepel fruits This fruit is kepel. It is also called burahol in some areas. The botanical name of this fruit is Stelechocarpus burahol. It belongs to the family Annona belong popular Indian fruits like sitaphal, ramphal and hanumanphal. Kepel is a native of South East Asia growing most commonly through out Malesia. It has also been introduced into Australia, the Philippines and Florid commercial cultivation of this fruit is only in Java Island of Indonesia. Javanese people have a strong liking for kepel and it also offered for sale there in local ma The fruits of kepel are round and looking brown from outside. These are borne directly on trunk like the fruits of jackfruit. These are 6-8 cm wide. W and fit for eating, the green inside pulp turns orange The pulp is creamy, light orange, tasty, pleasantly aromatic with undertones of coconut. Kepel fruits are very fondly eaten local people in Java. But there was also a time, when common citizens of Java were not permitted to harvest and eat kepels. The entire harvest was reserved for use by the rulers and other social elite. The kepel tree: Kepel is a large evergreen tree. It can grow upto 20 metres tall. Like most tropical trees, it is also a slow growing tree. The bearing starts after 8-9 years. It which keeps changing colour with age. The flowers look white to pinkish cream and 1-3 cm in diameter. The female flowers are borne directly on the trunk. O an attractive tree and also suitable for landscaping purposes. The kepel tree is considered to be one of the most beautiful of all tropical ornamental/fruit trees. New plants of kepel are raised from seed which is hard and therefore takes a few months for germination. It has also been observed that the viability o Rs.32 Rs.31 Rs.61