Hello Victoria, Could you reattach the picture (s) for me to hava a look at it? I worked on some underutilised fruits (*in Ghana though)* and may be able to help. Abena On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:47 AM, Chenard, Catherine A < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, Victoria - > > I am not an expert but the pictures look like star fruit that I've seen in > stores in the US. > > Here are a few links that popped up when I searched for star fruit: > http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/star-fruit > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carambola > http://thaifood.about.com/od/introtothaicooking/ss/starfruithowto.htm > http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/star-fruit.html > http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400592/Is-Eating-Star-Fruit-Dangerous.html > > Cathy > ________________________________________ > From: Food Composition Discussion Group [ > [log in to unmask]] on behalf of victoria ojo [ > [log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 6:49 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: 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 > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1 > > > ________________________________ > Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by > the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is > confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. > Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, > then delete it. Thank you. > ________________________________ > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1