Nghe An: Stirring up a strange jackfruit tree whose trunk was cut down, suddenly it bears lots of fruit
(Baonghean.vn) - In recent days, people in the "land of jackfruit" Thanh Chuong - Nghe An have been buzzing about a strange jackfruit tree. The tree trunk was cut down a year ago, but the tree has a lot of fruit from the base.
This resilient jackfruit tree of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thuy's family in Hamlet 3, Thanh Chi Commune is located in the back garden, on the border between Mrs. Thuy's house and her parents-in-law's house. What's special is that the jackfruit tree is only 30 cm high, 20 cm in diameter, has no branches or leaves, but around it there are many fruits.
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| The jackfruit tree in Thanh Chuong has no trunk, branches and few leaves but produces a lot of fruit. Photo: Huy Thu |
According to observations, there are currently 12 fruits around the base, both big and small. Each cluster has 1 to 3 fruits, the largest fruit is the size of a soccer ball. According to the homeowner, at first, the jackfruit tree had dozens of small fruits, then 16 fruits and 4 of them were ripe, picked by Ms. Thuy's family and neighbors to eat.
Ms. Thuy said that this jackfruit tree was originally a soft jackfruit tree (honey jackfruit), planted by her father-in-law, Mr. Nguyen Nghia Vo (84 years old), about 20 years ago. In February 2016, Ms. Thuy's family hired an excavator to lower the height of the garden to 1.5 m.
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| Ms. Thuy, the owner of the jackfruit tree, was also very surprised because the jackfruit tree that was cut down a year ago suddenly bore many fruits. Photo: Huy Thu |
The soil around the jackfruit tree was dug up. In April 2016, Ms. Thuy’s family cut down the jackfruit tree. In the fall, new, green shoots grew from the jackfruit tree. When the branches were nearly 1 meter high, some villagers came and cut them to feed the goats. The jackfruit tree was bare again.
Strangely, in early 2017, when the jackfruit tree was in fruiting season, dozens of jackfruits suddenly appeared around the tree. Ms. Thuy said: “I thought the jackfruit tree was just producing fake fruits, but unexpectedly the jackfruits all set and grew normally like other jackfruit trees. The jackfruits were ripe and eaten, the segments were still big and sweet like the jackfruits before the tree was cut down.
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| Only the root remains but there are 16 jackfruits, a rare sight in the "hometown" of Thanh Chuong. Photo: Huy Thu |
The jackfruit tree without trunk or branches, but bearing fruit of Mrs. Thuy’s house has become a strange story in this countryside. Recently, local people and many curious people from everywhere, hearing about the jackfruit tree, have flocked to Mrs. Thuy’s house to see and take pictures.
Mr. Dau Ba Toi (24 years old), a student at Van Xuan University of Technology, said: "I found the jackfruit tree strange in that it has a bare trunk but still produces many fruits, and the fruits are still big. The tree has no trunk, branches and few leaves, so how can it photosynthesize to synthesize organic matter, and the fruits are still big?"
Since the strange jackfruit tree has borne fruit, many people have come to Mrs. Thuy's house. She added: "Since a young man in the village posted pictures online, many people have come to my house to see the jackfruit. Sometimes at night, people come to film and take pictures..."
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| Many people came to Mrs. Thuy's house in Thanh Chi - Thanh Chuong to see the jackfruits growing at the base of the tree with strong vitality. Photo: Huy Thu |
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Lam (61 years old) - a villager, confirmed: "A bare jackfruit tree that bears so much fruit is a strange thing here, I only saw it now when I was a child."
In the middle of the busy harvest season, many people from the "land of the jackfruit" still take time to see the strange jackfruit tree and take photos as souvenirs.
Huy Thu
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