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Vol. 1 (2) : March-April 2010 issue
Green Farming Vol. 1 (1) : 217-218 (March-April, 2010) (New Series)
Myrica esculenta d. Don : A popular wild fruit in the hills of Uttarakhand
J.M.S. RAWAT, Y.K. TOMAR, S.S. RAWAT and VIDYAWATI RAWAT
Department of Horticulture, H.N. Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal) - 246 174 (Uttarakhand)
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Subject : Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Food Shrub and Fruits
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J.M.S. RAWAT, Y.K. TOMAR, S.S. RAWAT and VIDYAWATI RAWAT. 2010. Myrica esculenta d. Don : A popular wild fruit in the hills of Uttarakhand. Green Farming Vol. 1 (1) : 217-218 ; March-April, 2010 (New Series)

ABSTRACT
Fruits form an essential part of a balance diet and they are important sources of digestible carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins particularly vitamin C and roughage. Myrica esculenta (locally known as kaphal) is a medium sized plant of 12.15 m in height. Its plant is dioecious and bears on one-year-old shoots where female flowers were found on erect axillary spikes and male flowers were found on catkin. Unisexual flowers are very small in size. Fruit is drupe, 1.2 x 0.9 cm in size, 0.76 g in weight matures on May-June. The chemical analysis of ripe fruits revealed that fruits of M. esculenta contains moisture (64.67%), juice (51.73%), TSS (13.9%), total sugars (7.26%), malic acid (1.52%), vitamin C (9.05 mg/100 g of fruit pulp).
Key words :
Juice, Kaphal, Maturity, Myrica esculenta, Total sugars, Vitamin C.