WANYI FRUIT

The color is green, the flesh is white. At first glance it looks like a mango, but the
aroma is far more stinging. Wanyi, once this fruit is known. The rare native fruit of
Kalimantan may be currently foreign to the ears of Bontang residents. But apparently
it still exists.

In the midst of the mushrooming of durian traders, Akurasi.id found a wanyi trader.
Being selling their wares on the edge of Jalan Pupuk Raya, precisely around the
Loktuan Sports Hall. Sold for IDR 25 thousand per bunch. One bunch contains three
to four wanyi seeds with a total weight of 1 kilogram 2 ounces per bunch.

Fitri, a Wanyi Trader who always routinely sells fruit that grows a lot in the East
Kalimantan Forest, admitted that wanyi is indeed a rare fruit. Because the harvest
time takes years. "Lastly I sold in 2015. I used to harvest every two years. Now it can
be done every 4 years, "he explained.

The fruit that was trending in the 80-90s is now hard to find. According to the trader
from Guntung, he took his wares from the Tanjung Santan area.

Because now the harvest is coinciding with the durian harvest. The demand is still
there, as evidenced by the best-selling merchandise for several days selling. "There
used to be many in Guntung, but now it's rare to bear fruit," he said.

Based on this media search from various sources, wanyi is one of the rare fruits from
approximately 25 rare fruits that grow in Kalimantan. However, most songs grow in
East Kalimantan.

The tree is quite large with a height of approximately 12 meters. Fruit once a year
even up to 4 years. What needs to be aware of wanyi is the sap. Because if exposed to
the sap it will experience itching. (Accuracy.id/Yusva Alam)
 
 IHAU FRUIT

Ihau or cat's eyes are round in size as big as marbles, resembling longan in general. Quoting the
results of the research "Potential Utilization of Exotic Fruit Nutrition Value of South Kalimantan"
from the Agricultural Industry Technology Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Lambung
Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin, on its growth, this fruit clustered on its panicle.

The skin of the ihau is light brown to black with a rough pustular surface, a characteristic that
distinguishes it from ordinary longan. The flesh is clear white and runny. The taste is very sweet
and has a distinctive fragrance.

The seeds are round, consisting of two pieces and covered with black seed coat. The seeds
themselves are white, contain carbohydrates.

Utilization of ihau is only limited to direct consumption, in contrast to longan which has been
processed into various products such as syrup, or packaged as canned fruit.

This plant, quoting from Wikipedia, belongs to the family of Saperaceae. The scientific name is the
same as longan, Dimocarpus longan, but added to the name of the variety, Dimocarpus longan ssp
malesianus var malesianus.

The typefloraindonesia.web.id page mentions that Kalimantan forests are the original habitat of ihau
fruit, in addition to being found in several forest areas in Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam.
However, other references mention ihau also found in Sumatra.

Like trees that grow in the forest, ihau trees have tree trunks that are quite large and sturdy tall.
Local residents often use it as building materials or household utensils.

The original longan fruit of Kalimantan is a meal of monkeys, hornbills, and other forest-dwelling
animals of Borneo. Usually, the ihau fruit season falls in December-February. Not surprisingly, in
those months the typical fruit of Borneo is easily found in traditional markets in the interior of the
Mahakam.

In the Samarinda area there are also ihau fruit cultivated by local farmers, such as in Lempake
Village, Samarinda Utara District. Icy fruit is planted in gardens. On the market, the price per kilo
reaches Rp. 15,000 to Rp. 20,000. Not infrequently also in the harvest season this fruit is sold on the
roadside in Samarinda City.

The ihau is also known by several local names. The people of Tanjungselor, Bulungan Regency,
called it the eyes of a cat, referring to the contents of the fruit and the seeds resembling shining cat's
eyes. While Dayak Kenyah people who live in Tering, West Kutai Regency, call it fruit duku.

Quoting from Wikipedia, ihau fruit is also known by other local names, namely cat's eye
(Malaysia), medaru, medaro, bedaro (Sumatra), ihau (East Kalimantan), isau, sau, kakus (Serawak)
 Kapul Fruit

Some areas in Ketapang know this plant by the name of kapul or tampoi fruit.

This plant grows at an altitude of 1,600 asl. This plant is a forest plant that grows

wild in lowland forests, swamp forests, secondary forests and riparian forests.

This plant is not cultivated but is generally planted on agroforestry, along with

various other fruit plants and other woody plants. Fruits are harvested from nature

and are also sold at roadside fruit shops to visit tourists. This tree only bears fruit at

the time, as now this plant bears fruit at the end of 2018 in August and September.

Kapul or Tampoi trees mostly grow wild in forests and public land. This plant is

sometimes planted in the garden for collection or as a specimen plant. This fruit has

not yet grown on a commercial scale. So far, no definitive data has been obtained

about the existence or number of typical plants in Ketapang, West Kalimantan.

 
 Tarap Fruit

Treated trees, according to Wikipedia, can reach a height of 25 m. The stem is grayish, can have a
diameter of up to 40 cm. This branch has long yellow to reddish feathers. Terap is a monocot plant.

The japle leaves are in the shape of the jorong until the eggs are rounded upside down, are flat-
edged or shallow jagged, have a blunt or slightly pointed tip, and are 2-3 cm long. Leveraging
leaves are egg-shaped, yellow or red feathered, when falling leaves a ring mark on the branches.

Inflorescence occurs in a solitary hump, which appears in the leaf armpit. Hump male flower
shaped jorong to mace. The fruit is compound (syncarp) shaped rather round, greenish yellow when
ripe, with protuberances similar to short soft spines, 5-14 cm long stem, appearing at the end of the
branches as in breadfruit.
Fruit flesh (pseudo, which is actually the development of flower jewelry) is whitish, contains a lot
of juice, sweet, and very fragrant, feels soft slippery and somewhat like jelly on the tongue.
Terap less widespread therapy. In the Philippines this plant is widely cultivated, such as in Mindoro,
Mindanao, Basilan, and Sulu. It can also be found in Thailand. In Indonesia, it is still found in
northern Borneo, such as Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, and also East and North Kalimantan.
Its origin is estimated from the northern part of Borneo, namely Sabah, Malaysia, where wild
species are found in nature. It is also cultivated in Queensland, Australia.
This tree is mainly planted because of its fruit, which is eaten fresh or processed as cakes. Applied
fruit must be eaten immediately within a few hours after opening, because the fragrant odor
decreases quickly and the color can change due to oxidation. Applied seeds can also be eaten after
baking or boiling with salt.

The application can be grown from near the coast to a height of about 1,000 m above sea level. This
tree likes sandy clay and areas with fairly high and even rainfall. Fruit is usually found at the
beginning of the rainy season, between August and January depending on its location.

Wikipedia mentions this plant also known as marang (Mindanao), lumuk (Sabah), timadang
(Sarawak), or johey oak (English).
WANYI FRUIT
IHAU FRUIT
KAPUL FRUIT
Tarap Fruit