Ideally for 2-4 years depending the type of plant you purchase. It is crucial to keep small seedling in a pot for as long as possible until the stems showing sign of browning. *Only the true rare fruit growers will understand the time involved to propagate this plant to this stage! And we are glad to be able to offer you a chance to bypass years of waiting/growing this delicious tasting fruit! The mother plants started flowering last year so no doubt this plant will also flowers in the next growing season if given a proper care. The harvest is ready by late winter or early spring. In late summer and autumn, it produces cone-shaped clusters of purplish-white flowers. The canopy is round and dense, making it an excellent source of shade. With proper pruning, they can be trained to grow a bit smaller. The fruit has a mild grape-like flavor, and is best eaten fresh.įull-grown trees can reach 25 feet or higher. Star Apple is a favorite in the Caribbean and Central America as well as Southeast Asia. This beautiful shade tree has glossy dark green leaves with a silky bronze color underneath. The star apple’s heart wood is pinkish or red-brown, violet, or dark-purple fine-grained, compact, tough but not difficult to work is excellent for interior joinery, furniture components, handles, sporting goods, carvings, agricultural implements.South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GBP £)
The bitter, pulverized seed is taken as a tonic, diuretic and febrifuge. In Jamaica, the flesh is often eaten with sour orange juice, a combination called "matrimony" or it is mixed with orange juice, a little sugar, grated nutmeg and a spoonful of sherry and eaten as dessert called "strawberries and-cream". It helps in assisting calcium absorption as well as nitrogen maintenance in the body.Ī combination of the chopped star apple flesh with that of mango, citrus, pineapple, other fruits and coconut water is frozen and served as Jamaica Fruit Salad Ice. Lysine: Essential to promote bone growth and development, especially in infants and toddlers. It also works significantly in the normal detoxification of liver. Methionine: It helps in breaking down of fatty acids, and hence it prevents in building up fatty elements on the artery walls. Tryptophan: It is responsible for the production of Vit B3 and of serotonin that is exclusively important for balancing nerve and brain functioning. Niacin (B3): Helps convert food to energy. Also helps in preventing iron deficiency anemia (fatigue). Iron: Needed to form hemoglobin, carries the oxygen in the red blood cells. Phosphorus: Along with calcium (calcium phosphate) helps to build bones. It is also an antioxidant.Ĭalcium: Helps build and maintain bones and teeth, important for muscle contractions. Vitamin C: Keeps gums, blood vessels and bones healthy. The following nutrients in star apples can be beneficial for:
100g of star apple edible pulp contains about 2.33g of protein, 14.6g of carbohydrate, 3.3g of fiber, 17.3mg of calcium, 22mg of phosphorus, 0.68mg of iron, 1.34mg of niacin, 15.2mg of Vit C, 4mg of tryptophan, 2mg of methionine, 22mg of lysine.
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