Abstract:
Study on the skin of the fruit of wax apple, Syzygium samarangense, was executed by
using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) to see the microstructure on surface and
the cross section of the fruit and compare it by using Microtome and Toluidine Blue to
get a clear structure to the skin of the fruit of wax apple. The tissues of skin of wax
apple were used in counting stomata which affect the fruit quality in addition
influenced by the environment and post harvest handling. In addition, there was the
wax apple tissues that were used for Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and also
the histology part to obtain high quality images of skin structure and more clearly.
Through this study, the post harvest handling affect the quality of the fruit especially
the skin and if the fruit are not correctly handled it will cause damage to the fruit
because the skin of wax apple is very thin and require a good handling.
