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Dear Victoria,
I want to support Josefa Manas confirmation that the fruit (commonly known as star fruit or atar apple) has been identified botanically as Averrhoa carambola (family - Oxalidaceae. it is a tart. tropical fruit with juicy aromatic flesh. I have worked on the nutrient (proximate, selected mineral and vitamin)composition of star fruit; have used it in jam production with high acceptability and further determined the glycaemic index of the star fruit-based jam. Having made the family and specie name available to you, you can further your research on it.

Best wishes.
Elizabeth Udenta
Dept of Home Science, Nutrition and Dietetics,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
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On Thu, 28/8/14, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 Subject: Re: IDENTIFICATION OF FRUIT SAMPLE
 To: [log in to unmask]
 Date: Thursday, 28 August, 2014, 3:56
 
 Hi Victoria
 
 I think (I am pretty sure) it is Averrhoa carambola
 
 
 
 Josefa Rubio Mañas
 Subdirección General de Promoción de la Seguridad
 Alimentaria
 Agencia Española de Consumo, Seguridad Alimentaria y
 Nutrición (AECOSAN)
 Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety &
 Nutrition
 Calle Alcalá, 56. 28014 MADRID
 Tel: +34 913380257; Fax: +34 913380561
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -----Mensaje original-----
 De: Food Composition Discussion Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
 En nombre de victoria ojo
 Enviado el: jueves, 28 de agosto de 2014 1:49
 Para: [log in to unmask]
 Asunto: IDENTIFICATION OF FRUIT SAMPLE
 
 Dear Ruth
 please can you help me to identify the real name of the
 fruit attached to this mail. Its an underutilized fruit in
 Nigeria and a friend through which I got the sample claimed
 it is highly nutritious and that it is called Africa Star
 Apple but I found out that the name is used for Cherry 
 known as agbalumo in Nigeria.
 Also, I have taken a sample of the fruit to botany
 department in my institution but they seem not to know the
 fruit. Infact I can only get the fruit sample just from a
 source because its not common. I intend analysing  the
 fruit to determine the nutrients composition.
 Please kindly help with any useful information.
 
 Thanks
 
 Victoria O Ojo
 Phd student
 Department of Human Nutrition
 University of Ibadan, Nigeria
 
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