Hello All, This delightful fruit (for most of us) is generally very high in oxalate and low in calcium, so the oxalate is well absorbed. Consequently, it is not a good food for those predisposed to oxalate kidney stones and especially not for people with compromised kidney functions. Here are the links to a couple of newspaper articles we wrote about this commonly consumed fruit in Hawaii: Kidney patients should avoid star fruit <http://www.nutritionatc.hawaii.edu/HO/2003/202.htm> Oxalic acid in star fruit can kill kidney patients <http://www.nutritionatc.hawaii.edu/HO/2012/488.htm> Aloha, Alan **************************************************************** C. Alan Titchenal, PhD, CNS, Associate Professor Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences University of Hawaii at Manoa 1955 East-West Rd., Room 216 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808)956-7411 Fax: (808)956-4024 http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/hnfas/ http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/gotnutrients (subscribe to daily email tip) http://www.nutritionatc.hawaii.edu See "Health Options" newspaper columns at http://staradvertiser.com/ **************************************************************** On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Adriana Blanco <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > ######################################################################## 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