Product Description: Chiku plant grows in alluvial, sandy loam, red laterite, and medium black soil and needs a warm, humid climate for cultivation. It is found all year around. Chiku is brown, having a soft and spongy skin. This fruit is sweet and juicy in taste, containing 1-2 large black seeds inside it, and the inner part of pulp is yellowish-brown in color. Chiku is harvested twice in a year once in the spring season and another in the winter season but found in all the supermarkets and fruit shops throughout the year.
Nutritional Profile: - Chiku contains different minerals such as copper, potassium, iron, and vitamins such as niacin, folate, and pantothenic acid. - Chiku or sapota contains Fiber (8 g), Sugar (4 g), and Fat (1 g), and also vitamins and minerals such as 2 %Vitamin A, 24 %Vitamin C, 2 %Calcium, 10 % Iron in it.
Health Benefits: - Sapota contains a rich amount of Fibre, which helps treat diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, and bleeding. - Sapota is beneficial for eye health and boosts our immunity.
Uses: - Oil from the seeds of Sapota fruit is used in skin ointment. - Oil extracted from the Chiku plant is used in moisturizing and softening the hair. - Chiku contains latex, which is used to fill the tooth cavity. - A paste of Chiku seed is used in the scalp to reduce hair dandruff or hair fall.