Types Of Tree Species In Indonesia #25 Kapel (Stelechocarpus burahol)
Fruit Kapel
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Subkingdom: Trachebionta
- Superdivision: Spermatophyta
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliales
- Family: Annonaceae
- Genus: Stelechocarpus
- Species: Stelechocarpus burahol
Kapel is the name of a tree and fruit that has the scientific name Stelechocarpus burahol. Fruit-producing plants that became a favorite of the princesses of Javanese kingdom since ancient times is now including one of the rare plants in Indonesia.
Fruit Kapel
The ripe fruit is eaten fresh. In medicine, the fruit flesh serves as a peluruh urine, prevent inflammation of the kidney and cause infertility (temporary) in women.
Kapel Tree
benefits and benefits for health include:
- to smell body odor
- has diuretic properties, so it can wipe out urine discharge
- as a traditional remedy to prevent pregnancy
- cleanse the blood
- strengthen the liver, lungs, and kidneys
- has the property to lower uric acid and cholesterol
Kapel Tree
characteristic of the Kapel
Kepel tree (Stelechocarpus burahol) has a height of up to 25 m with a trunk diameter of 40 cm. In the bark of the trunk there are lumps Kepus single lump, oval tapered with a length of between 12-27 cm and width 5 - 9 cm. Colors of dark green Kepel leaf. Flowers are singular, fragrant. Male flowers are found on the upper trunk or an old branch clustered between 8 and 16.
Flower Kapel
Single flower, male flowers are located at the top and in the old branches while the female flowers are located at the base of the stem, slightly fragrant, bald or slightly hairy, initially green and then turn white, fruit with the type of buni fruit, ripe fruit will brown with brown pericarp containing edible juice. Seeds of 4-6 in each fruit, ellipsoid, length reaches 3.25 cm.