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
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En nombre de victoria ojo
Enviado el: jueves, 28 de agosto de 2014 1:49
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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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