Borneo Forest Fruits To Try, One Of Them!

Illustration of Kalimantan forest fruit. (IG @adi_aldin)

Kalimantan is not only famous for its heavy tropical rainforest and extraordinary biological wealth. Kalimantan also stores many unique and rare types of unique fruits in other areas. What are the types of Kalimantan forest fruit that we can find? Check out the review below.

Below are a row of fruits originating from the forests of Kalimantan, and you probably won't find them anywhere else:

Mangga Kasturi (Mangifera csturi Kosterm) is a mango that is typical of South Kalimantan. Quoted from the Publication of the Food Crops and Horticulture Supervision and Certification Center for South Kalimantan Province, this fruit is found in many areas of South Kalimantan, such as Martapura, Kandangan, and Tanjung.

In addition, it can also be found in several other areas such as Central Kalimantan and East Kalimantan, including Kutai and Tenggarong Seberang. At this time, perhaps its existence can only be found in residents' gardens, especially in the districts of Banjar and Hulu Sungai Selatan.

In his book entitled Etnofarmasi Khas Kalimantan, Yulistia Budianti Soemarie, et al said kasturi mango is known to have a distinctive fragrant aroma, sweet taste, abundant fruit production, and resistance to pest and disease attacks.

Kalkala (Litsea garciae) is a type of forest fruit originating from the island of Kalimantan. This fruit is often used by the local community as a complement to food, for example in dishes known as gangan kalankala or cacapan kalankala.

Kalangkala plants can be found in the Banua Botanical Gardens and are scattered in several parts of Indonesia and Malaysia, especially in Sumatra and Kalimantan, for example Banjar Regency and Tapin Regency. This plant is classified as a Lauraceae family and is quite popular with the people of South Kalimantan.

It has a round shape, with pink skin when cooked, and green when it's still raw. Kalangkala fruit meat has a avocado-like texture, but it is white.

To process this fruit, this fruit is usually soaked in water that has been added salt, and can also be added cayenne pepper according to taste. Soaking can be done with warm water or boiling, but the water temperature must be considered.

Because if it is too hot, the fruit meat will become soft, while if it is too cold the fruit will not mature perfectly. Kalkala is a seasonal fruit and usually thrives in the upstream area of the river.

Kalkala is often consumed as a side dishes for rice, while the fruit seeds are often used to treat boils. Kalangkala seeds can also be extracted into useful oils for the wax and soap manufacturing industry.

Bloodabing (Baccaurea anggalata) is an exotic fruit from Kalimantan which looks like ordinary belimbing, but is red. Has thick skin, and white fruit.

Ucong fruit, as this fruit is commonly called, is also found in tropical forest areas of Kalimantan. The taste of these forest fruit tends to be sweet and slightly acidic.

On the Ministry of Finance's website, it is explained that many Dayak people call it Forest Belimbing. This Ucong fruit meat has white colors with four to three seeds.

This fruit is an endemic species of Borneo Island, and is also known as forest belimbing, red capacity, or bidayuh. In addition to being delicious, blood clots are also said to provide health benefits because they are rich in vitamin C, antioxidants, and antimicrobial compounds.

At first glance, the lava fruit does look like durian, the difference is that the fruit skin is strikingly red. The fruit meat is yellow and emits a distinctive sharp aroma. Lahung became a distinctive fruit from the Dayak community.

Lahung has a scientific name Durio dedulcis. It doesn't feel too sweet and has a soft texture and is a bit fat when honed.

In Kalimantan, this fruit is generally sold starting at a price of IDR 40 thousand for small sizes. Consumption of rice can be believed to facilitate digestion and help reduce stress.

Kapul fruit (Baccaurea macrocarpa) has a mangosteen appearance, with light brown skin. It has a refreshing taste of sweet and sour combinations. This fruit has quite a lot of other names such as fitting, capacity, setai, and injection.

This fruit also has a strong cultural meaning for the Dayak community. They took advantage of it in the 'Pemulangan Buah' ritual, a ceremony held to reject reinforcements that are believed to affect fruit harvests.

From a health perspective, kapul is known to have efficacy, ranging from easing constipation and stomach pain, to helping with joint inflammation problems. Wood from kapul fruit trees is strong so that it can be used as building materials.

That's a review of the forest fruit of Kalimantan. Hopefully useful! Visit VOI.id to get other interesting information.