LETEKU

June 29, 2021

A shipment of fresh Burmese grapes referred as ‘Leteku’ in Assamese language has been exported to Dubai from Guwahati by air route.

About:

  • Baccaurea motleyana is a species of fruit tree which grows wild in parts of Southeast Asia.

  • Its common names include rambai and rambi, and in Thai language mafai-farang. In the Bengali language the fruit is known as bugi and Narsingdi.

  • In the Assamese language it is known as leteku.

  • Each fruit has velvety pinkish, yellow, or brown skin which wrinkles at ripening and is filled with whitish pulp containing 3 to 5 seeds. The pulp is sweet to acid in taste.

  • Leteku contains vitamin C and Iron.

Source : PIB

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