OUR NATIONAL FRUIT/JACK-FRUIT

OUR NATIONAL FRUIT/JACK-FRUIT

Jack-fruit is our national fruit. It is the biggest fruit of all the fruits. It is a very delicious fruit and almost everyone likes it. This fruit is easily available in anywhere of our country.

Jack-fruit grows in all the parts of our country. But the relatively high level soil where rainfall is severe is suitable for Jack-fruit. It grows much in Tengu of Tangail, Modhupur and Vawalgarh, Jessore, Rajshahi, Dinajpur and Saver.
Jack-fruit is a very large fruit. It weighs five to forty kg. It has prickly cover and looks yellow to yellow-black. It contains large number of cells which is yellow in colour. Each cell has a stone. We eat the cell. This cell also gives juice when it is squeezed. The Jack-fruit tree may be very big. Naturally Jack-fruit is found in the tree from its top to bottom. It also hangs to the narrow branch. Baishakh to Ashar is the season of jackfruit. Jack-fruit takes about three months to be ripened.
This fruit is a fruit of high calorie. It contains various vitamins, especially vitamin A. vitamin A is very essential for our eyes. The juice of this fruit is used to make. Its cell with muri is very popular to the rural people. The green jack-fruit is also cooked very nicely. This stone is cooked as a substitute if not it is eaten by cattle.
The Jack-fruit is very attractive to the foreigners. So we may earn foreign currencies by exporting it. The Jack-fruit tree is also very useful. The wood of this tree is of very attractive colour and lasts for a long time. This wood is used to make various furniture. The leaves of this tree are also useful. Goats eat the leaves and the leaves are also burnt to cook food.

Jack-fruit is very useful fruit and the climatic condition of our country is suitable to grow this fruit well. So we should grow more Jack-fruits. We should think for the best possible method to preserve this fruit so that it may be available throughout the year.