Tangerang to plant 5,000 rambutan trees

Tangerang to plant 5,000 rambutan trees

TANGERANG: Tangerang regency plans to plant 5,000 rambutan
parakan trees, a variety that is native to Tangerang, Banten.

Due to the extensive clearing of land for building
manufacturing plants and housing, many rambutan parakan trees
have been cut down. As a consequence, the variety is difficult to
find in Tangerang and many say that if there is no effort to
plant them they will totally disappear in the near future.

"In order to preserve the variety, the municipality will
gradually plant 5,000 trees in Cisauk and Serpong districts, for
a start," said Nana Mulyana, the head of Agriculture Agency of
Tangerang regency, as reported by Antara on Saturday.

The regency administration will distribute the seeds for free
to residents who own vacant land.

The parakan variety of rambutan has a unique aroma and taste
that other varieties of rambutan do not posses.

From the 1960s to the 1980s, parakan rambutan was often served
to guests of the regency.--JP