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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