Custard apple is actually a winter fruit but it is available whole year.The fruits growing in winter are more tasty and has more pulp.The fruit is round in shape and the color is greenish.Sometimes with green color there is light burgundy color.There are two types of custard apple.One is of hard skin and the other is of soft skin.There are too many seeds inside the custard apple.Seeds are black in color.The seeds are covered with soft white pulp.This pulp is sweet in taste.The taste of cover is little bitter.Custard apple should be eaten as early as possible because it does remain fresh for a long time.While buying custard apples there should not be black patches on it.If unripe custard apples are kept in wheat, it ripens.Custard apple is used in jams, jellies, and in milkshakes.Its pulp can also be eaten directly.From medicinal point it is very useful.Custard apple is mainly from West Indies and South America.But it was found that custard apple is known in Indian ancient times.Custard apple can grow in any soil.Usually it grows well in moderate temperature areas.Fruits grown in August to January are more tasty.
Nutritional value :
Custard apple contains Carbohydrate, Protein
Medicinal uses :
- Custard leaves and seeds have the quality of anti-worms.Specially lice infestation in our hair gets cures.Dirt in hair makes our hair unhealthy and dull.If we come in contact with other people who have lice in our hair.The eggs of these lice sticks to our hair and starts itching.There are small boils on our head.Hair starts falling.On all these problems use powder of custard apple.Make paste of it and apply on hair.After both massage your hair with little castor oil.It cures all hair problems.
- Custard apple has good proportion of fibrous substance.In it there is a substance named as mucilage.It is useful in absorption of water.Fibers present in this vegetable is useful for maintaining proper working of intestine.Mucilage also helps for removal of wastes through excreta.Mucilage accumulates the wastes stuck in intestines and throws out.Thus custard apple is useful in constipation.For this eat well cooked vegetable of custard apple regularly.
- Diabetes and custard apple have close relationship.In diabetes the working of spleen gets collapsed and the production of insulin fluid is reduced.Due to this blood sugar is not easily burnt and gets accumulated in our blood.For proper burning of blood sugar custard apple is very much beneficial.Eat custard apple regularly and drink milkshake also.
- For strong bones, teeth and nails calcium is essential which is present in spinach with large amount.Due to deficiency of calcium our bones become fragile, nails break easily and may create infection.Various dental problem arises.For absorption of calcium, phosphorus is needed which is present in custard apple with good amount.So eat this fruit regularly and drink milkshake.
- Some people have issues all the time regarding their health.Small cold and cough also make such people very weak.They fall ill easily.Body temperature always goes up and down.This is because the immunity of the body is weak.Custard apple increases our immunity.Eating custard apple regularly can make our body strong against bacteria and viral fever.