Description
The fruit is smooth and dark yellow in color with a waxy cuticle. The fruit is ovate to ellipsoid and star shaped in 2-1/2 to 5 inches (6 to 13 cm) in length. The skin’s peel is thin. The taste of the fruit is pleasantly tart and sour to slightly sweet. It has the combined flavor of pineapples, plums and lemons. Its flesh is translucent from light yellow to yellow in color. It has 10 to 12 seeds. The seed is ovoid in blackish brown color about 0.25 to 0.5 inches (0.64 to 1.27 cm) in width. Star fruit is fully packed with vital nutrients. It is a very good source of Vitamin C, Copper, Vitamin B5, Dietary Fiber and Carbohydrate
