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WHATEVER YOU
CALL IT, THIS
FRUIT CAN STAR
IN YOUR DIET
By Tanya Tyler,
Editor/Writer
You may call it
carambola. You may
call it sternfrucht,
fruta china, belimbing, five finger, star apple or rohdoi.
Or you can keep it simple and call it
just what it looks like: star fruit.
Star fruit is becoming increasingly popular in North America. It
is already a hit in Southeast Asia
and the South Pacific. It is grown
in the Philippines, India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and
Sri Lanka, where it probably originated. It is also cultivated in Latin
America, the Caribbean and the
southern United States and Hawaii.
According to sources, commercial
cultivation of star fruit in the United
States only dates back t