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Carika oak-leaved (lat. Carica quercifolia) - a fruit plant belonging to the Caricaceae family.
Description
The oak-leaved karika is a relatively low tree, the thickness of which can reach up to sixty centimeters. The peeling bark covering the large branches and trunks is painted in pleasant reddish tones and is dotted with a huge number of reddish-brown lentils. And the smooth young twigs boast a very peculiar grayish-greenish color.
The leaves of the oak-leaved carica are quite large, and their outlines are similar to the outlines of oak leaves - hence the name of this culture. The leaves are always glossy above, and matte below.
Carika is oak-leaved - dioecious culture. Male flowers fold into drooping and very showy multi-flowered inflorescences, and female flowers can be either single or collected in few-flowered brushes.
The berry fruits have an oblong-pear-shaped or distinct oblong shape, are painted in bright orange tones and grow up to four centimeters in length. All trees boast a fairly high yield - during one season, each of them can grow up to several thousand fruits. And inside these fruits are enclosed brown seeds, the length of which reaches five millimeters. These seeds are round-fusiform.
Where grows
The natural habitat of this culture is the subtropical and tropical zones located in South America, that is, it grows mainly in Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, as well as Paraguay and Bolivia. In culture, this plant can also be found in the warm-temperate zone (including the Transcaucasia and the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus).
Application
The berries of the oaky carica have a pleasant sweetish taste, which allows them to be eaten fresh along with the skin. True, they are noticeably inferior in taste to almost all other subtropical and tropical berries. And their energy value is only 40 kcal for every 100 grams.
These berries are very rich in carotenoids called caricaxanthin and violaxanthin - it is from them that the vital vitamin A is synthesized in the human body. In general, the chemical composition of this culture is currently not well understood. Nevertheless, the researchers were able to establish that both the fruits and the leaves with stalks contain milky juice, which is endowed with a pronounced proteolytic effect, since the composition of this juice includes malic acid, valuable fatty oil, resins and papains, as well as a small amount of alkaloid carpaine. And the leaves of the plant also contain useful alkaloids. Papain is widely used in medicine for indigestion, gastritis and even chronic dyspepsia. It will also serve well for burns, and it is also actively used externally to strengthen hair, as well as to remove age spots or freckles. Karpain is considered in medicine as an excellent amoebicidal (that is, killing all protozoa) and cardiotonic agent.
Contraindications
As such, oaky caricum has no contraindications, but still, you should not discount the possibility of individual intolerance.
Growing and caring
Carika oakleaf boasts impressive shade and drought tolerance, and will grow best in well-drained soils. In winter, this culture is extremely unimportant to tolerate waterlogging of the soil, but it is able to withstand frosts up to minus six to seven degrees. And it can reproduce both by cuttings and by seeds.
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