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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]
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.
The fruits and seeds are poisonous, causing nausea and vomiting; often fatal. [citation needed] Mentha pulegium: pennyroyal, pennyrile Lamiaceae: It is toxic to humans and has differing effects dependent on the volume and concentration ingested. The most concentrated and toxic form of the pennyroyal plant is pennyroyal oil.
These seven unusual fruits — available during the winter in most parts of the country — pack big nutritional punches and make delicious additions to other food offerings.
High Fiber Foods. You should rethink eating foods like beans and broccoli until you reach your destination. While good for your body in general, fiber can cause gas and bloating. Digestion of high ...
Seeds (from September, when the seed heads are dry, gray-brown and holed); edible raw as a spice or flavoring [42] Samphire, glasswort, pickleweed, sea beans, sea asparagus Salicornia species Seashores and other salty habitats in the northern hemisphere and southern Africa Young shoots (June or July); edible raw or cooked, also pickled [43]
Technically, a seed oil is a cooking oil made by pressing seeds to extract the fat. But the current pariahs are canola, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, soy, rice bran, sunflower, and safflower oils.
There are also many wild edible plant stems. In North America, these include the shoots of woodsorrel (usually eaten along with the leaves), chickweeds, galinsoga, common purslane, Japanese knotweed, winter cress and other wild mustards, thistles (de-thorned), stinging nettles (cooked), bellworts, violets, amaranth and slippery elm, among many others.