How to sow Cepokak
Eggplant (Malay), Rimbang (Minagkabau), Trung cawing (Aceh), Cepokak (Java), Takokak (Sundanese)

Description :

This plant is a shrub that grows upright to a height of around 3 m. Stems are round, woody, branched and thorny. Flowers: The seeds are flat, small, smooth and yellowish white. The taproot spreads through the ground

The fresh green fruit can be eaten directly or used in cooking. Extracts from the plant are useful for the treatment of skin diseases. Its important ingredients include raw fruit, dried fruit, leaves and roots. In raw fruit there is chlorogenin, sisalogenone, torvogenin, and vitamin A. The dried fruit contains 0.1% solasonin. The leaves contain neochlorogenine and panicolugenin. Meanwhile, the roots contain Jurubine. Other sources say that Takokak fruit is able to act as an antioxidant. Several chemicals contained in takokak have been proven to protect body tissue from the negative effects of free radicals

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