Srikaya plant is one of the most
recognizable fruit and also popular in various regions, this plant can be found
in rocks, and also dry soil. This fruit crop of srikaya originated from HINDIA
BARAT, which spread to various regions to date.
Srikaya plant is useful to cure and
treat various diseases in the body, because the content contained in the roots,
stems, leaves and fruit can be utilized properly. In addition, this plant also
contains compounds such as flavonoids, phenolics, coumarin, steroids and
saponins which is very helpful to overcome various health problems body. Based
on botanical experts, this crop can be classified and morphology of these
srikaya are as follows.
Classification
of srikaya plant
Classified : Plantae ( Plant )
Sub Classified : Tracheobionta(Furry plant)
Super divisi : Spermatophyta (Produce seeds)
Divisi : Magnoliopsida (Flowering plants)
Class : Magnoliopsida (In double pieces)
Sub Class : Magnoliidae
Ordo : Magnoliales
Famili Annonaceae
Genus : Annona
Spesies : Annona squamosa L.
This plant grows with shrubs, live
long, with a height reaching 2-4 m. Roots riding, woody, stems, cylindrical,
erect grayish, have thin skin, rough surface, branching a lot with the
direction of branches tilted up. Leaves single plant, short-stem, arranged
alternating hose, green, elongated with 6-17 cm with width of 0,6 – 0,75 cm, a
thin rigid leaf tip and tapered base, the edges of merat, pinnate spindle with
smooth surface. Pollen is many, clustered, white and less than 1,6 cm in
length. Pistil is light green, each pistil forms a kind of wart, Its length is
about 1,3 – 1,9 cm with width 0,6 – 1,3 cm growing into fruit groups.
The flower of this single plant,
growing on the axillary of leaves and the tip of the stem, stemmed, has a
yellowish-green petals. In addition, the fruits of this plant are pseudo, round
pursed green with a diameter of 5-10 cm, uneven surface or no bulge, with
flat-shaped or small pieces of shiny black, this plant can bear fruit at age
3-5 years with multiplication in generative(through seed).