Characterization and evaluation of fruits of ‘nanche’ (Byrsonima crassifolia L.)
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https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v11i1.1950Keywords:
quality, shape index, taste index, woody endocarpAbstract
In Mexico, nanche grows as a shrub in a dry tropic and as a tree in humid tropics; it produces fruits with acceptance in the market, where it is increasingly popular. The objective of this research was to study the physical and chemical quality properties of the fruit and the characteristics of the endocarp and embryo of the nanche (Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) H. B. K) collected in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The research was conducted in the Seed Analysis Laboratory of the Graduate College, Campus Montecillo. Four repetitions of one hundred fruits, endocarps and embryos were evaluated. The analysis of measures of central tendency indicated that the fruits are in the form of an oblate, have white cream mesocarp, yellow epicarp and characteristic flavor to the species. The fruit has an endocarp with cavities for three embryos, but one or two develop, the endocarp is woody, dark brown, elliptical in shape and an accumulated limb, with sinuous grooves. The embryo is white, oval, with spirally wound cotyledons, covered with a thin brown tegument. Without endosperm There was variation in morphological and quality characters.
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