Kawista

 

Wood-apple or Kawista in Indonesian name is a round fruit with a hard outer shell, the fruit has a distinctive aroma. If you still have a raw fruit flavors ivory, if it has been cooked slightly sweet with a distinctive aroma. Wood-apple fruit comes from southern India spread to Southeast Asia and tropical regions, especially Java. In Indonesia Wood-apple widely grown in several different areas with different names, such as in Aceh. The fruit shells while Java area known as "kawis". Wood-apple is rarely found mainly in urban areas in Indonesia. Wood-apple usually planted in the garden and yard. Fruit scientifically Wood-apple including close relatives "Maja" fruit included in the tribe citrus (Rutaceae). The fruits widely used as an ingredient like Aceh salad seasoning mix and " Kawista" syrup . 

 

Wood-apple fruit Vernacular names in English: Wood-apple, Elephant-apple, Monkey fruit, and Curd fruit

 

 Curd fruit 

 

The scientific classification of Wood-apple
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Kelas: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Limonia L.Spesies: L. acidissima
Binomia Name: Limonia acidissima L.

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