Petai

Principal Petai
Scientific classification
Environment: Plant Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: [[]] Genus: Parkia Species: P. speciosa

Julaian petai fruits.

Petai tree is a plant in the family Leguminosae that come from areas of Southeast Asia is a hot humid climate. This tree usually grows wild in the jungles of Malaysia , Indonesia , Bruneiand Thailand , but is rarely found other areas of South Asia . botanical name Parkia speciosa- Hassk.

Physical Characteristics

Petai perennial trees are large trees and shady, and can grow as tall as 30 meters . Petai fruits are long and thin in a row known as the "board". Each board has a total of 12 to 15 seeds are arranged lengthwise along the fruit. The fruit is, the length of 50 centimeters when old enough, have a thick but soft, smooth seeds and reddish. These seeds are sometimes eaten raw and sometimes burned. Petai fruits are often eaten as a salad by the fans, but less popular because of the smell. Usually, sambal petai with wisdom advises to eat with rice. Petai seeds are shelled, usually well cooked stir-fry sauce with shrimp or shellfish .

Efficacy

Based on these studies, a clump of fruit petai-nodules on papannya said to contain the protein and fat are high compared to plantanother forest, which is 8 percent, 11 percent carbohydrates , 71% water , contains a lot of calcium ,phosphorus , iron , vitamin A , B1 ,B2 and C .
Actually petai beans nutritional content varies according to age and freshness of the seeds. Petai fruits are wrinkled or have a rounded stone not less nutritional content. In the Malay traditional medicine , petai beans believed effective for treating heart disease anddiabetes , clean the kidneys , and to remove worms from children with intestinal worms.

Breeding

Petai tree starts flowering at the age of five years. Pollination is the principal species of bats Eonycleris spelaed which is also the agent of pollination of durian trees . Because of petai and durian trees are seasonal, bats Eonycleris spelaedfeeding of honey mangrove tree species Sonneratia in other seasons.
Petai trees are usually planted using seeds