Crystal fruit (Pometia Pinnata)

 Pometia pinnata originating in Papua is commonly known as Fiji Longan, and in Sarawak(Borneo) it commonly knows as Crystal Fruit.

Crystal fruit trees can grow up to more than 30 meters if not pruned. There are two types of crystal fruit found in Sarawak, the purple type and the green type. The taste of this fruit is very sweet, size of the crystal fruit is about the size of a Lychee fruit and it is covered with a rather hard but fragile shell,  to eat crack the hard shell and eat the sweet flesh around the seed.

Crystal fruit trees are easy to grow by using seeds and will bear fruit within four years. I plant both types of crystal fruit, to prevent the crystal fruit tree from growing too high I prune the tree when the crystal tree reaches a height of 1 meter.

Health benefits:

1. reduce coronary heart disease.

2. help control high blood pressure

3. prevents the development of cancer.

4. Maintain skin health.

5. cure dysentery.

6. stress relief.

7. increase endurance

8. improve male and female fertility

9. fight viral infection

10. improve the immune system.

References : https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/fiji-longan/

Monoecious flowers

Successfully pollinated flowers

Fruits ready to harvest

水晶果（Pometia Pinnata）

Pometia Pinnata原产于巴布亚，俗称斐济龙眼，在砂拉越（婆罗洲）俗称水晶果。

如果不修剪，水晶果树可以长到30多米。 砂拉越有两种水晶果，黑色和绿色。 这种水果的味道很甜，水晶果的大小和荔枝差不多大，上面覆盖着一层相当坚硬但易碎的壳，吃的时候要把坚硬的壳敲开，吃到种子周围甜甜的果肉。

水晶果树易于用种子种植，四年内可结果。 我种的是两种水晶果，为了防止水晶果树长得太高，我在水晶树长到1米的高度时就进行了修剪。

对健康的益处：

1.减少冠心病。

2.帮助控制高血压

3.防止癌症的发展。

4.保持皮肤健康。

5.治痢疾。

6.缓解压力。

7.增加耐力

8.提高男女生育能力

9.对抗病毒感染

10.提高免疫力。