Star apple

Chrysophyllum cainito, C. oliviforme

fruit

A round fruit with purple or green skin and white, pearly, sweet, slightly mucilaginous flesh, from a tree of the Caribbean and Central America; eaten with a spoon when fully ripe.

Origin

West Indies and Central America

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The skin and the layer just beneath carry a sticky, bitter latex: halved, it is scooped out with a spoon; the seeds are left.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

It is called milk apple or star apple; the tree, whose bark is rich in latex, is also grown in Vietnam, where the fruit is traded in the Mekong Delta.