Remember to eat more fruits because they are an important source of vitamins and minerals and form part of a healthy diet

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MISS NAMRATA VISHWANATH PATIL.

Information And Communication Technology

Practical Work

GUIDED BY

Prof.Dr. R.Y.Bam.

Educational year

2010-11

Classification Of Fruits

CITRUS FRUITS• INTRODUCTION:-

Citrus fruits are not just one classification of fruits, but they actually consist

of different types of fruits in the citrus category.

• CHARACTERISTICS:-

1) All citrus fruits are acid fruits.

2) They are the most kind of detoxifying for the body.

3) Citrus fruits are a great source of vitamin C and a wide range of essential

nutrients that the body needs.

4) Citrus fruits are also one of the most flavorful types of fruits available and

are often known and recognized for their aromatic qualities.

5) There are many products that we use that derive from citrus fruits as well

as have essences of citrus fruits as well.

1. The calcium in fortified orange

juice is better absorbed than the

calcium in milk.

2. A glass of milk (8 ounces) has

291 mg of calcium; of which 93

mg is absorbed (31%).

3. Fortified orange juice (8 ounces)

has 350 mg of calcium; of which

130 mg. is absorbed (37%). 

4. One orange contains about 50

mg. vitamin C; this is about 2/3

of our daily need;

5. Oranges are an acid and

therefore a detoxifying fruit;

Citrus sinenis Family: Rutaceae

1. The limes and family are the most detoxifying

fruits of all existing fruits.

2. If you want to clean your body you could

squeeze some limes or lemons with your

orange-juice.

3. Squeeze ½ a lime in your fruit drink.

4. This freshens up your fruit drink and makes it a

sparkling fruit juice.

5. The juice of leech-limes is said to scare away

evil spirits in Malaysia;

6. For somebody who is ill a glass of boiled water

with the juice of half a lemon and a teaspoon of

brown or cane sugar will taste great.

Citrus lemon Family: Rutaceae

• INTRODUCTION:-

Strictly speaking the word tropical refers to the tropics, which is the area of

earth centered on the equator and limited in the North by the Tropic of

Cancer and in the south by the Tropic of Capricorn.

• CHARACTERISTICS:-

1) Tropical fruits grow on plants of all habitats. The only characteristic that

they share is an Tropical fruits are those that have their origin in the tropics

and require a rather tropical or subtropical climate; they don't tolerate frost.

2) Other fruits are the rest, which usually grow in more temperate climates.

The distinction is not very accurate. Some tropical fruits are also grown in

warmer areas outside the tropics, while many of the temperate fruits can

also be found in the tropics, especially in cooler mountain or hill areas.

intolerance of

3) This tropical zone stretches from 23.4 º North latitude to 23.4 º South

latitude.

TROPICAL FRUITS

1.Round fruit with firm juicy flesh and green, red or

yellow skin when ripe.

2.Apples contain a lot of fibers.

3.Don't eat wagonloads of apple seeds, each one

contains a little bit of cyanide. This is done by the

tree in order to spread its seeds. Our bodies and

those of animals will more likely excrete the seeds

and not digest them when they are a little toxic. The

toxic is not digested but you should be careful with

the consumption of crushed seeds.

4.The vitamin C content of apples depends on what

kind of apple it is. Most sorts contain a lot of vitamin

C.

1. Is the most well known and eaten (tropical) fruit;

2. In Eastern Africa you can buy banana beer. This

beer is brewed from bananas;

3. Those people shouldn't eat too many bananas a

day;

4. Eat at least one banana a day, they are said to

contain everything a human needs and they

contain all the 8 amino-acids our body cannot

produce itself. For more see the energy in fruit.

5. Bananas are a good source of fiber, potassium and

vitamin C;

6. Red bananas are often dried and converted to

meal which is used in many ways;

7. Red bananas contain more vitamin C as yellow

bananas (the redder a fruit, the more nutritious

elements it contains);

Tropical fruit having a light yellow or green skin

and white, pink or dark-red edible flesh. 

1.Guavas are apple- or pear shaped.

2.The Guava tree can grow up to 12 cm. long;

3.Guava tastes like a combination of pear and

strawberry;

4.The seeds of guavas are edible;

5.The major producers of guava in the world are

India, Brazil, and Mexico.

6.Are great thirst quenchers and contain very

much vitamin C. and much iron.

1. Thick-skinned round fruit which, when ripe, has a

reddish centre full of large juicy seeds.

2. This fruit is sold yellow-red and is ripe when it is

red-brown.

3. You can keep it several weeks at room-

temperature or in the refrigerator.

4. Watch out for stains, they are hard to remove.

5. Grenadine is made out of pomegranates.

6. The most delicious type of pomegranate comes

from Iraq.

7. Contains much vitamin C, B and much iron

1.Pear-shaped fruit with flesh which is yellow when

ripe. Also called Manga.

2.Come originally from India and are there still used

in all kind of rituals.

3.Is one of the oldest fruits known in history.

4.Bhudda sat under a mangotree when he developed

awareness and became enlightened.

5.A mango is "ready for lunch" if it smells good.

6.Never store them in the fridge.

7.Contain much vitamin B, C, and iron.

MELONS

• INTRODUCTION:-

Large juicy round fruit made up out of various types of plant that trail

along the ground.

• CHARACTERISTICS:-

1) Melons are a fruit that can easily be improved and crossed. As a result

there are many of different tasty sorts.

2) Keep them at room temperature or in the sun depending on when you

want to have them. If they are ripe you best store them in the

refrigerator. Serve melon cold as well.

3) Melons are ripe when they spread a sweet smell.

4) The French "Charentais melon" is picked ripe and can therefore only be

kept 1 to 2 days.

1. An orange coloured fleshy fruit.

2. Are often called tree-melons.

3. Can grow to 6 kg. a fruit.

4. Unripe fruits can be eaten as a vegetable but ripe fruits

always contain more vitamins and minerals.

5. Eat papayas peeled.

6. Papayas contain a protein-splitting enzyme. Other fruit that

contains this enzyme are fresh kiwi, pineapple and babaco.

This substance makes the fruit easy to digest and fried

together with meat it makes it more tender. If you put this

fruit in dairy products it will make them watery. If the fruit

is cooked like all canned and other processed fruit this

enzyme is no longer active.

7. Contain vitamin B, C. and iron.

1. Large juicy round fruit made up out of various types of

plant that trail along the ground.

2. Watermelons contain as much iron as spinach and many

other vitamins & minerals.

3. Watermelon in Spanish is "petia".

4. Melons are a fruit that can easily be improved and

crossed. As a result there are many of different tasty sorts.

5. Keep them at room temperature or in the sun depending

on when you want to have them. If they are ripe you best

store them in the refrigerator. Serve melon cold as well.

6. Melons are ripe when they spread a sweet smell.

7. The French "Charentais melon" is picked ripe and can

therefore only be kept 1 to 2 days.

BERRIES• INTRODUCTION:-

The botanical definition of a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single

ovary.

• CHARACTERISTICS:-

1) Berries are borne in clusters underneath the leaves.

2) In everyday English, "berry" is a term for any small edible fruit. These

"berries" are usually juicy, round or semi-oblong, brightly coloured, sweet

or sour, and don't have a stone or pit, although many seeds may be

present.

3) The berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire ovary

wall ripens into an edible pericarp. They may have one or more carpels

with a thin covering and fleshy interiors. The seeds are usually embedded

in the flesh of the ovary.

1. The allergic reaction the eating of

strawberries can cause is usually

caused by the little hairs on the fruit.

There is a good chance that the

strawberries will not irritate if you

rinse them with hot water before

eating.

2. Strawberries contain much vitamin C

and iron.

3. They have to be eaten within one or

two days because they are picked

when they are ripe.

4. Strawberries whiten the teeth.

1.The Raspberry is the small dark edible fruit of a

wild shrub.

2.The raspberry is a type of bramble.

3.Are still expensive. It has been tried to improve

these berries. Producing larger fruits like has

been done with strawberries did work but had a

very negative effect on the taste of these fine

berries. That's the reason why there aren't large

raspberries on the market. Maybe in the future

someone might discover a rare seedling and is

able to cultivate a large tasty raspberry. We can't

hardly wait 'till it is so far!

THANK YOU!