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Thursday 12 april 2018

Fruit Loose & Veggie Boost

Fresh fruits make a tropical grows in bunches on trees
holiday’s picture complete. up to 30m high. The fruit is
Whether you see the man- related to the lychee and
go’s hanging in the trees or have tight, thin but rigid
the fresh fruit cocktail on the skins. Inside the skin is the
side table of your pool bed, tart, tangy, or sweet pulp
the link is there: you are in of the fruit covering a large
the tropics. Aruba grows seed. The pulp is usually
her own fruits and veggies cream or orange colored.
and there are some pretty Kenepa strengthens the
out-of-space local species immune system, and pre-
you may never had heard vents the reproduction of
of, but really healthy and bacteria and viruses in the
delicious. body. This fruit is highly rec-
ommended to treat lung
Mispel infections and urinary tract
This is a fruit with a charac- infections. It also helps to
ter (5-10 cm/2-4 inches). cure insomnia and rejuve-
It does not ripe until it is nates the nervous system.
picked or falls off the tree. Season: the fruit typically
Mispel is hard with a sand- ripen during the summer.
paper like texture when
immature, soft and juicy Druif
when ripe. It’s technically There is no chance you
a berry, but contains a skin did not bump into one of
similar to that of a kiwi. It’s the sea grape trees while
grainy and sweet, with a spending your vacation on
light, musky flavor. The sap Aruba. The sea grape plant
or gum from the tree is also is often used in ocean-side
a source of ‘chicle’ the landscaping in sandy soil
original ingredient used to right on the beach and it
make chewing gum. Rich in produces clusters of fruit
tannins, antioxidants shown that resemble grapes. Are
to contain anti-inflamma- sea grapes edible? Yes, and excrete waste quickly have noticed cars at the depends on the amount
tory compounds, and vita- they are. Animals enjoy sea which is effective in pre- side of the road and peo- of rain it gets. Red Shima-
min C, essential for healthy grapes and humans can venting constipation. Sea- ple picking those red ber- rukus tend to taste better
immune function. Season: eat them as well, and they son: Sep-Oct. ries. Well, that’s Shimaruku. than orange. The fruit has
year- round. are used to make jam. They The local habit to stop for super power: a true vi-
contain very low calories Shimaruku these delicious fruits goes tamin bomb. Adults only
Kenepa and sugar, enabling good Maybe Aruba’s most popu- from generation to genera- need to eat 3-4 of these
Ovoid green fruit that bacterium to digest food lar wild fruit tree. You may tion. Its fruit’s degree of sour berries to meet their daily
recommended amount of
Vitamin C. Season: Rainy
months (Oct-Jan).

Tamarind
A delicious, sweet fruit that
has a wide variety of uses
and applications, both for
medicinal and culinary pur-
poses. It is a medium-sized
bushy tree with evergreen
leaves and fruit that devel-
ops in pods characterized
by long, brown shells. In-
side is a sticky, fleshy, juicy
pulp, which is the Tamarind
fruit. Both sweet and sour
in taste, the fruit contains a
significant level of vitamin
C, as well as vitamin E, B vi-
tamins, calcium, iron, phos-
phorous, potassium, man-
ganese, and dietary fiber.
There are also a number of
organic compounds that
make tamarind a power-
ful antioxidant and anti-in-
flammatory agent. Season:
March.
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