Best Native Tropical Fruit Of South Asia With Health Benefits Of Carambola

Photo from Google; unripe Carambola

Carambola, also known as starry fruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a tree species native to tropical southeastern Asia. 

Photo from Google; Ripe carambola

    Star fruit is commonly consumed throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, Micronesia, parts of East Asia, and The Caribbean.  

    When cut in cross-section, it resembles a star, giving its name as star fruit. The entire fruit is edible, usually raw, and maybe cooked or made into relishes, preserves, garnishes, and juices.

    Star fruit is an exotic fruit that shows off its aura, with a waxy yellow exterior and tropical whiff. It’s a star, either way, which may be consumed raw or cooked. The sight of this fruit bewitched you.

Photo from Google; Averrhoa Carambola: Star Fruit

        A traveler named Linschoten, a Dutch, named it a sour apple with ribs. Malaysia, Australia, Taiwan, and India are the cultivators of this lovely fruit.

    This fruit grows in two different flavors and with size, the unripe (smaller) is Sour and the ripe (larger) is sweeter. You can choose as per your taste buds, but sour sounds are mouthwatering.

Originally, Carambola springs from the Sanskrit word Karamaranga, which means appetizer food.

    In India, pickles are made of Carambola and are used as a souring agent in chutneys. The ripped ones are sweeter and are processed to form wine. The sour ones are Cooked as vegetables and salads.

Photo from Google; pickled Carambola or Star fruit

    Just envision the unripe fruit being cut one by one then mixed with spicy flavour And salt. Isn’t it irresistible?

    It’s Saturday night and you consume alcohol and fall asleep. The following morning You simply can’t stop being sick. How about you create Carambola juice as your Hangover, drink it, and find back healthy and fine?

    In India, these fruits are cultivated in the southern states. The nutrient pack of Carambola fruit consists of fiber, vitamin C, potassium, protein, etc. This fruit also helps in reducing weight and improves metabolism, digestion, Cholesterol, and more.

Photo from Google; carambola or Star Fruit juice

    If anyone wants to grow their hair longer then you must try Carambola because it helps in the growth of hair, heals the damaged cell of our body, and prevents skin problems.

    However, those with kidney ailment should not eat them because it contains ethanoic acid, and consumption of this could cause nausea, vomiting, shock, and burns. Kidney Patients may fall unconscious if they consume it.

    The trees are also grown as ornamentals for their abundant brightly colored and unusually shaped fruits, as well as for their attractive dark green leaves and Their lavender to pink flowers. 

    Like the bilimbi, the juice of the more acidic sour types can be used to clean rusty or tarnished metal (especially brass) as well as bleach rust stains from cloth. They may also be used as a mordant in Dyeing.

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