Hi Victoria and all, Yes, its carambola. That the name we name it here in Costa Rica (Central America). We use it to make drinks with water and now we are using it in salads, it's very nice and quit acid. Cheers, Adriana Blanco-Metzler Project Leader, Program to Decrease Salt/Sodium Consumption in Costa Rica Ex-President Coordinator of LATINFOODS/FAO/UNU (2009-2012) Member of PAHO´s Technical Advisory Group on CVD Prevention Trought Dietary Salt Reduction Nutritional Technologies Laboratory Responsible, Unit of Health and Nutrition, Costa Rican Institute of Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health (INCIENSA, Phone (506) 2279-9911 Fax (506)2279-5546 Box 4-2250, Tres Rios, Costa RicaEmail: [log in to unmask]; http://www.inciensa.sa.cr/ -----Mensaje original----- De: Food Composition Discussion Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] En nombre de Anders Møller Enviado el: jueves, 28 de agosto de 2014 04:38 a.m. Para: [log in to unmask] Asunto: Re: IDENTIFICATION OF FRUIT SAMPLE Hello Victoria I agree with Cathy and others, the fruit looks definitely like a carambola/star fruit/starfruit (Averrhoa carambola L.). See for example Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carambola). It is a very common (imported) fruit on the market in Europe and USA. It is imported all year round and popular in fruit salads, etc. Therefore, you will find the nutrition composition in many food composition tables, e.g. the USDA SR 26 (http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2252). You will find quite a few scientific papers on carambola and its nutrient composition, also freely available on the internet. One of the older papers is Wills, Lim and Greenfield: Composition of Australian foods. 31. Tropical and sub-tropical fruit FOOD TECHNOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA, VOL. 38(3), MARCH 1986 For a more comprehensive list of online food composition information on the web, you may want to consult the LanguaL links page (http://langual.org/langual_food_composition.asp) or the FAO/INFOODS table/database directory (http://www.fao.org/infoods/infoods/tables-and-databases/en/). I have the feeling, though, that many food composition databases may have copied the USDA or Australian data. The other fruit you mention, African Star Apple (Chrysophyllum africanum A. DC.), is quite different. See for example PROTA (http://database.prota.org/PROTAhtml/Chrysophyllum%20africanum_En.htm). Good luck with your work. All the best, Anders Anders Møller Danish Food Informatics Borgediget 12 DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark -----Original Message----- From: Food Composition Discussion Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of victoria ojo Sent: 28 August 2014 01:49 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 ######################################################################## 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