17/03/2018
I, together with millions of Nigerians and Ghanaians, love the African Star Apple aka
agbalomo , udara . The taste and peculiar character of this tropical fruit make it so exciting, you need to try it to understand why its so much loved.
African star apple is one of the African Fruits and is a fruit that comes from tropical Africa but is known and widely consumed in Nigeria.
African star apple is also very productive in the Republic of Benin, Togo and Ghana. Another name is Agbalumo (Yoruba language) or Air (Igbo language). Chrysophyllum albidum is the scientific name of african star apple. The fruit is available around December – April. When in season, the fruits occur in abundance, and sold on every street corner. African star apple has 4 to 6 seeds in it, that have a star-like shape that causes this fruit to be named African Star Apple.
Whats the interesting thing about this fruit is that some people take the fruit before falling naturally to the ground. When they eat that, the taste of the fruit is very acidic. However, when african star apple is fall naturally to the ground, the fruit will have a very sweet taste because that means the fruit is ripe with a dark orange color. Which do you like more? Acid or sweet? A sweet African star apple fits you as a dessert or can be one of the ingredients to add to a cocktail.
Tree or the fruit of african star apple is issued a white sap that has a texture like chewing gum. Just as information, according to a study, insects that can be disturbance in this fruit is a scale insect Coccus hesperidum L. on the fruit that is still raw and fruit flies in the fruit that is ripe.
African star apple has nutrients :
Nutrient Content per 100g of african star apple
Carbohydrate 10.49 g, Protein 6.99 g, Fat 2.49 g, Moisture 73 g, Vitamin C 25, Vitamin B3 1.137 mg
Vitamin B1 0.049 mg
Vitamin B2 0.038 mg
Iron 0.49
Total dietary fiber 1.92 g
Protein 1.52 g
Phosphorus 18.95 mg
Tryptophan 0.004 g
Lysine 0.022 g
Methionine 0.002 g
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