Medlar Caucasian – very unusual, but beautiful and useful fruit. Its advantage is explained by rich composition of vitamins and minerals. The medlar is useful to those people who suffer from a hypertension, asthma or diabetes. At continuous consumption the digestion improves, vessels and a liver are cleaned.
About fruit
Medlar – unusual fruit with the rare and beautiful name. There are two cultural fruit plants: Caucasian medlar and Japanese. Despite the general name, they so differ among themselves that scientists-botanists carry them to the different families of the same family of rozovotsvetny.
The homeland of a medlar Caucasian is Southwest Asia and Southeast Europe. Today this fruit meets in the territory of Georgia, Algeria, Armenia, the Crimea and all other countries the same climate.
Fruits of a medlar Caucasian brown color with a subtle red shade. They can have a diameter up to 3 cm. Taste at these fruits sweet-sour, a little astringent and to get rid of viscosity, fruits it is possible to process cold water.
Useful properties of a medlar
As a part of this surprising fruit a lot of ascorbic acid, raising and strengthening immunity and helping to struggle with infections contains. The medlar well influences a condition of vessels – strengthens their walls and prevents developing of blood clots. At the expense of the content of tannins, the medlar Caucasian has bactericidal effect. In addition, fruits can be used as anti-inflammatory and styptic means. The medlar promotes clarification of an organism from slags, reduces cholesterol level, improves activity of digestive tract. Also the medlar contains the potassium which is well influencing the cardiovascular system of an organism and the calcium improving a condition of hair, nails and bones in a human body. And thanks to the magnesium which is a part, this fruit has positive impact on nervous system and a condition of muscles. Also fruits of a medlar normalize pressure and improve blood clotting that significantly reduces risk of developing of a heart attack and stroke.
Application in cookery
Fruits of a medlar Caucasian can be used as fresh, and in processed. And if to collect them after frosts, then they will lose all acid and will be very sweet on taste. Do jam, jam, syrup, compote of fruits of a medlar and so forth. Also this fruit can perfectly decorate any dessert.
Application in medicine
Application of a medlar Caucasian was found also in traditional medicine. It is known that unripe fruits have the fixing effect, and ripe, on the contrary, give laxative effect. The broth made of unripe fruits and seeds well restores activity of digestive tract, helps at an urolithic disease.