The uniqueness of fertile soil and abundant natural resources, since Indonesia has been known as the producing of spice plants, one of the only nuts (Myristica fragrans).
When the spices, including the nuts become an important commodity in the world’s trade, European countries such as Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch are interlocked to master the commodity that can serve as the warming of the body.
Although it is not a first set, Indonesian originated nuts are still the primadona of spices in the world today. It is indicated that there is still a lot of demand for exporting nuts and derivative products from a number of other countries.
A number of workers separating nuts with fruit meat in Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens belongs to PT Plantation Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang Regency, Central Java.
We climb the tree to pick the nuts in the Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens belonging to PT Plantation Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang District, Central Java.
Pala is believed to treat some types of health disorders from entering the wind, to diabetes. Although now the world of treatment has evolved into a more modern era, the benefits of the nuts as herbal remedies are still in demand even in Europe.
Based on the data from the Ministry of Trade, the development of the world's head export in 2014 was recorded at 650,64 million US dollars or rose by 2.78 percent compared to the export of the head in 2013 which amounted to 633,02 million US dollars.
In one part of the foot of Mount Ungaran, precisely in the Ngobo Gardens, Afdeling Gebugan, Bergas, Semarang District, Central Java, the legendary stem fruit remains a commodity that continues to produce. 166 hectares of gardens that are currently managed by PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) IX produces nuts since 1913.
Ball picked the nuts in the Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens owned by PT Perkebunan Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang District, Central Java.
The whole umbrellas of the nuts falling on the ground of the cliffs are picked in the Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens belonging to PT Perkebunan Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang District, Central Java.
Every morning as much as 60 workers who are residents around the garden harvesting the nuts that have been four to five months. With the concession and expertise, the labourers climb the 15 to 20 meters tall.
By using long bamboo hooks and bamboo tools, workers picked the nuts that are also widely planted in Banda, Maluku and Papua Islands. After the nut is separated from the skin, it is dried until it reaches the water level of 20 percent. Drying can be done by using a hot hawa from a fuel wood furnace or under the sun.
Dry nuts then crushed and put into the steam boiler to be processed condensed. From the condenser pipe (cooler) will drop the oil and the distillation result water. The water and oil drops in 'florentine flask' is separated by opening the main oil separator tool faucet and additional oil separator.
The whole boasts the sacks containing harvested nuts in Taman Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan belongs to PT Perkebunan Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang District, Central Java.
We weigh the nut before separated between the seeds and meat in the Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens belonging to PT Perkebunan Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang District, Central Java.
Each month of plantations and factories located at a height of 700 meters above sea level (MDPL) produces an average of two tons of nuts and 500 to 600 liters of essential oil. From the results of the processed, the nut oil is sold as the raw material of the medicine, perfume, and cosmetic industries.
Photo and Text: Aditya Pradana Putra
The whole separating the nuts with fruit meat in the Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens belongs to PT Plantation of Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang Regency, Central Java.
Floored nuts (red swabs) injuries separated from meat and skin in Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Garden belongs to PT Perkebunan Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang Regency, Central Java.
A number of workers dry the nuts in the manner sunbathing in the Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens belonging to PT Planting Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang Regency, Central Java.
A number of workers conducting milling of nuts in Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens belonging to PT Planting Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang District, Central Java.
Dua workers distilled nuts that have been milled to be processed into oil in Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens owned by PT Perkebunan Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang Regency, Central Java.
The work shows the oil atsiri the yield of pala seed distillation in Ngobo Afdeling Gebugan Gardens belonging to PT Perkebunan Nusantara IX, Bergas, Semarang District, Central Java.
