BER

BER

ber with tree

Ber is the important winter fruits of Bangladesh.  Although the food is called as poor man fruit, it is nutritive & delicious. One berorchard  is situated in our campus. Some of wild bervariety are found here & there. Some are sweet & some are sour. Apple-kul is a very popular variety in BD which  is invented in our campus by the Horticulture dept.

Common name:ber/kul

Scientific name: Zizyphusjujuba

Family name :Rhamnaceae

Present status::

The position of the ber is 8^th& 11^th in production area among the fruits in BD.

Nutritive value :

1.Calorie 2. Carbohydrate 3.Protein 4. Calcium5. Vit-C  6. Mg  7. P 8 K.

                                                  

harvested ber

  Variety:

 apple-kul, BARI-kul-1-3. BAU-kul-1-2. 

Harvesting:

The fruit is harvested in December-March.

colorful ber

Yield:

Berplant  yield  ranges from 60-200kg depending on tree age.while the national yield is only 12.45t/ha.