This fruit is from Averrhoa carambola - kind of tree with pink flowers. The tree is natively for the Sri Lanka, Philippines, India and Indonesia.
Golden - yellow exterior of the carambola hides the crunchy, sweet taste, like the combination of flavours of pineapple, apple and kiwi. According the flavour that can be sweet or sour dominant; there are two types of star fruit.
Carambola despite that it has intriguing external appearance it has excellent nutritional profile. The fruit is truly healthy - rich in vitamin C and potent antioxidants from one side while the other side contains a low percentage of sugar, sodium and acid. Research has shown that antimicrobial activity and especially the following bacteria:
Escherichia coli,
Salmonella typhi,
Staphylococcus aureus,
Bacillus cereus.
An interesting fact is that in some parts of the world by the star juicy fruit it makes a delicious wine.
Good appetite :-)
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