Soursop has many benefits.

Soursop has many benefits. Inside are substances that can ward off gout, hypertension, osteoporosis, and can make young. Other benefits, increase endurance, heal hemorrhoids, and facilitate the digestion of food.

To live healthy, we are advised to consume 2-4 servings of fruit and 3-5 servings of vegetables per day. Fruits and vegetables are sources of vitamins, minerals, and fiber food is very good. In addition, soursop is also a source of phytochemical compounds that are highly experienced recent health benefits.

We need to give thanks for our region overflowing with a variety of tropical fruits. Fruits are full of nutrients and nongizi components that are necessary to optimize the body's health.

One type of tropical fruit which is very popular due to the sharp aroma and the taste is sweet acidity is soursop. This fruit is very easy to find, ranging from traditional fruit market to the supermarket. In restaurants and hotels, soursop fruit is generally presented in the form of cold juice.

It was a sweet acidity that gives the sensation of its own for the fans. For those who like breakfast with bread, fruit soursop are also often added in the form of jam. Whatever the form of processed, soursop flavor remains strongly attached to the product so that it easily recognizable.

Fruit worldwide
Soursop (Anona muricata Linn) is a close relative srikaya (Anona squamosa Linn). Soursop plants came from the American tropics, which is about Peru, Mexico, and Argentina. In the place of origin, soursop fruit is an important and prestigious.

This fruit tree is one of the first fruits introduced into the world long after Columbus discovered the American continent. Soon after that, the Spanish brought to the Philippines and soursop proved this crop can be grown in most tropical countries, including Indonesia. These plants grow well in all over Indonesia, from the lowlands to an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level.

Soursop word comes from Dutch language, which is zuurzak. The word means zuur acid, zak means bag. So, literally translated as sour bag. In Malaysia, the soursop is durian Dutch (Dutch durian).

Another term for soursop is corossol / cachiman epincux (France), saucrapfel (Germany), guanabana / zapote agrio (Spain), thu-rian-rhaek (Thailand), seetha (Tamil), guayabano (Philippines), ciguofan lizhi (China) , togebanreishi (Japan), and seremania (Fiji). In English, the fruit known as soursop soursop because it tastes sweet acidity.

In Indonesia, the plant also known as soursop Dutch or jackfruit jackfruit across. Plants can adapt and grow well in all areas. However, soursop plants not cultivated on a large scale, limited generally planted in the yard or garden house.