Rare Fruit That Is Now Selling Expensive

There used to be one fruit whose existence was quite a lot, even growing on the side of the road. But at this time the fruit is very rarely anyone planting trees. What fruit do I mean? Yup, the fruit is named Cermai in Indonesian.

The fruit, which has the Latin name Phyllanthus acidus, is very large when it bears fruit and is small in shape. In the past, this number of Cermai trees grew everywhere when I was a child. The reason why this fruit grows a lot is because this fruit has a very sour taste. No wonder why at that time people were reluctant to take this fruit because not all of them could bear to eat this very sour fruit.

But now this fruit is being planted again by some people because there is a news that there is one supermarket that sells this very sour fruit at a price of $ 3.21 or the equivalent of 50000 rupiah for a kilo. Yes, of course it is very surprising to many people, even though no one has ever sold this fruit before, even though the fruit seller also did not want to sell it. including plant lovers are also surprised because the tree from this Cermai fruit used to grow wild, now there are those who cultivate it.

When I tried to find out why this fruit rose again, it turned out that this fruit was widely used as sweets. This makes sense considering the fruit is very sour and I think it would be very suitable for sweets. Besides being made sweets, this fruit is usually used as a mixture of rujak (a kind of salad but given a spicy sauce). And can also be used as a mixture for cooking.

"Is such fruit beneficial to the body?"

After I found out if there are benefits from the fruit and leaves that grow in clusters and it turns out that there are benefits, namely it can relieve asthma. In addition, this fruit can cure constipation, cholesterol and even cancer. Are many people who make this fruit as herbal medicine? Only some people know that this super sour and rare fruit has benefits.

So, that's Cermai fruit. A fruit that has a very sour taste which is currently rare because not everyone grows it as it used to. Currently, there are many people who sell this fruit in online stores with varying prices. Because this fruit has a super sour taste, it is not recommended for those of you who have stomach diseases. And then, do you have this fruit in your place? Tell me in the comments.

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