Sunflower

Sunflower: is a seasonal plant of the popular kenikir-kenikir tribe, both as an ornamental plant and oil-producing plant. This plant flower is very distinctive: large, usually bright yellow, with a large flower head. This flower is actually a compound interest, composed of hundreds to thousands of small flowers on one bump and yellow the utilization of Sun flower is primarily as a source of oil, both food and industry. As food, sunflower oil is suitable for frying, thickening Sunflowers that produce oil of this quality contain 80% to 90% oleic acid, while cultivars for food have only 25% oleic acid ![image](