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Carambola, also known as star fruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to tropical Southeast Asia. [1] [2] [3] The edible fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually 5–6). [1] When cut in cross-section, it resembles a star, giving it the name of star fruit.
Averrhoa carambola is a species of tree in the family Oxalidaceae native to tropical Southeast Asia; [1] it has a number of common names, including carambola, star fruit and five-corner. [2] It is a small tree or shrub that grows 5 to 12 m (16 to 39 ft) tall, with rose to red-purple flowers.
The fruit is ellipsoidal, elongated, measuring about 4 – 10 cm and sometimes faintly 5-angled. [5] The skin is smooth to slightly bumpy, thin, and waxy turning from light green to yellowish-green when ripe. [3] The flesh is crisp and the juice is sour and extremely acidic and therefore not typically consumed as fresh fruit by itself. [6]
Of the 9 grams of sugar, 5 of them are added from the addition of fruit juice. "Unlike fruit spreads, jams and jellies by definition have sugar added like high fructose corn syrup or cane sugar.
A cup of Java coffee, Javanese kopi tubruk. This is a list of Indonesian drinks.The most common and popular Indonesian drinks and beverages are teh and kopi ().Indonesian households commonly serve teh manis (sweet tea) or kopi tubruk (coffee mixed with sugar and hot water and poured straight in the glass without separating out the coffee residue) to guests.
Bactrocera carambolae, also known as the carambola fruit fly, is a fruit fly species in the family Tephritidae, and is native to Asia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This species was described by Drew and Hancock in 1994.
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Caramboxin (CBX) is a toxin found in star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) [1] [2] and the related bilimbi fruit (Averrhoa bilimbi). [3] Individuals with some types of kidney disease are susceptible to adverse neurological effects including intoxication, seizures and even death after eating star fruit [4] and bilimbi fruit. [3]