You already know about Pepino fruit? It seems that the fruit is still not so familiar in our society.
This fruit has a skin patterned longitudinal stripes and looks similar to the eggplant. In the U.S., the use of Pepino fruit is quite popular because many people realize that the fruit is very beneficial for health.
In fact, the inclusion of this fruit to Indonesia has been since the days of the former Dutch. However, for some reason his name as a sink with other fruits when Pepino very beneficial for the body.
Pepino which in Latin is called Solanun muricatum comes from the Andes mountains in the U.S. and then widely cultivated in Latin American countries such as Peru and Colombia.
Pepino itself has many names such as fruit Husada god in Indonesia, or melumber, melon pear, tree melon, mellowfruit, and much more.
In the U.S., this fruit has been used as a super fruit because most of the benefit. Pepino itself contains vitamin C levels high enough therefore very suitable to treat ulcers, lowers
blood pressure, and increase endurance.
In addition, the vitamin C contained in Pepino also bemanfaat for anti-aging, reduce the risk of heart disease, and brain damage. The fruit that was still the same family as tomatoes are also rich in beta-carotene, particularly those contained in the Pepino purple.
Beta-carotene is a provitamin A, which is converted in the body into vitamin A which is very useful in the process of vision, reproduction, and metabolism. Beta-carotene is also known as an antioxidant to prevent cancer.