The Unique Characteristics and Benefits of Red Fruit for Health

Red Fruit (Pandanus conoideus Lamk) is one type of fruit that comes from Papua and only can be found in Papua and New Geunia. These plants are widespread in areas that have reached a height above sea 2.300 like in the valley Baliem Wamena, Arfak, Jayapura and mountains Stars. Red fruit has many benefits for healthy. To know about the benefits from Red fruit for health, we should need to know the characteristics of Red fruit and the amount of nutrients contained in the Red fruit.

Characteristics of Red Fruit

Red fruit is a fruit belonging types of plants palmlike. This fruit has unique characteristics that has the long shape which can reach 55 cm in diameter of 10-15 cm and weighs 2-3 kg. As the name, this fruit has maroon red colored when ripe and usually presented to the food when Wamena people held a traditional feast. However, this fruit there is also a yellow colored.

Red fruit trees have a height that can reached of 8 meters with a total of branches of trees approximately 5 pieces and brown stems whitish color. The shape of Red fruit like a triangle or trapezoid, and when you see at a glance, Red fruit like Jackfruit but the Red fruit have a size larger. In addition shape its larger, Red fruits has green leaves finned parallel to a length of about 2.3 meters. Curved leaf surface and bottom layers of barbed bones, while for crops grown, Red fruit has waxy leaves. 

Nutrition of Red Fruit

The fruit that only be found in the Papua region has a high nutrient that enough to the body needs. Fatty acid content of Red fruit same as the contains fatty acids in cooking oils, fat content is 35% by dry weight. Thus, Red fruit have potential as a source of vegetable oil like the oil and palm oil.

Besides the potential as a source of vegetable fat, Red fruit also contains Omega 3, Omega 6, Omega 9, as an antioxidant because it contains high carotenoids, Vitamin E, minerals such as Fe, Mg, Ca and Zn. Some of the compounds contained in the Red fruit has beta carotene that enough high amount. The benefits of Beta-carotene is to prevent blindness (ophthalmia), anti-cancer and prevent mumps.

The Benefits of Red Fruit for Health

The nutrition in Red fruit makes this fruit has many benefits for health. And also, Red fruit can used as materials to make for cosmetics, food coloring, low-cholesterol oils and herbs. Here are some benefits from Red fruit for health:

1.     Help to Lower High Blood Pressure

Consuming Red fruit juice can lower high blood pressure. Red juice works by improving blood flow and prevent the buildup of plaque on artery blood flow, so that the blood flow to smooth and high blood pressure can resolved.

2.     Overcoming Gout

Uric acid is because the liver produces excess uric acid. So the uric acid becomes covered by a kidney stone and carried to the ends of the fingers and toes. Patients with gout usually feel pain, sciatica and tingling often even up joint becomes swollen. The efficacy of Red fruit to treat gout is by diluting the blood and the liver recover the system, so that the liver working normally and not produce excess uric acid.

3.     Nutrition for Brain

 Omega 3 and Omega 6 in the Red fruit can help educate the brain and improve ability the brain. Consumption Red fruit is suitable for children who are growing. So, give your child juice Red fruit that increases brain capacity and intelligence.

4.     Prevent Cancer Beta-carotene

 In the Red fruit effective in preventing cancer. As we know that cancer is one type of deadly disease. However, don’t worry because the cancer can prevented from early and curable. In addition to containing beta-carotene, Red fruit also contains tocopherols and high antioxidant, the compound serves to prevent the growth of cancer cells and improve the body's cells damaged. Therefore, the Red fruit is highly recommended for consumption by patients with cancer.

5.     Increase stamina for Male

A study of Red fruits undertaken by one of the lecturers of Unversitas Cendrawasih, Drs. I Made M.Sc Budi said that the results of his observations of society Wamena especially the men, whose has a stocky body, free of degenerative diseases when they often wore revealing clothes and natural conditions often experience extreme changes and also the body of the male Wamenahave high stamina.

Apparently, this is because they frequently consume Red juice. So, the benefit of Red juice has been proven to boost male stamina. For those men who want to have a strong stamina, body healthy and fit, you can consumption Red fruit juice.

6.     Prevent eyes disease

Besides the carrots, Red fruit is also have excellent efficacy for maintaining eyes health and eye diseases. Because the Red juice contains high beta-carotene. So, for those of you who have a bad view or not apparent when viewed as nearsightedness, farsightedness or other eye diseases disorders, please to consume Red fruit juice.

7.     Prevent bone disease

New research has shown that from 100 gram of Red fruit contains 55,000 mg calcium. Because the the calcium is high, the Red fruit benefit to nourish the bones in order to remain healthy and avoid bone diseases such as osteoporosis.

8.     Help to treat HIV & AIDS

Although there is no research that proves that Red fruit can cure AIDS, but it has much to say and believe that Red fruit can used as a medicine for HIV. Why many people believe that Red fruit can cure AIDS and HIV, because the Red fruit contains hightocopherols and beta-carotene.

As we know that the compound may help to boost the immune system. HIV and AIDS is a disease caused by a virus that can degrade and turn off the immune system.