Benefit of Star Fruit

Averrhoa Carambola fruit Latin name is certainly familiar to us. Elliptical with sharp ribs of five with a refreshing sweet taste, really tempting. In international circles, the fruit is known as star fruit. This is because the appearance of the fruit if cut horizontally that looked like a star.
Fruit from India or Sri Lanka is not only cultivated n in the region of Southeast Asia, like Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, but also known in the countries of sub-tropical climates, such as America and Australia. This is because the sweet star fruit easy to grow well in places with an altitude of 000-500 m above sea level with high rainfall and got quite a lot of sun. In Indonesia, sweet star fruit are found in Demak, Central Java.
Fruit that can bloom all year round and harvested three times a year also has a brother, namely fruit or star fruit vegetable starfruit (Averrhoa bilimbi). It feels more mature and widely used for cooking, especially to give a sour taste to foods.
Sweet star fruit has efficacy as an antipyretic and expectorant, so it can be used for treating coughs in children. The fruits that contain lots of vitamin C has benefits as antiinflasi, analgesic, and diuretic, so it is good for healing coughs, ulcers, sore throat, fever overcome, to overcome the problem of diabetes, and cholesterol. Vitamin C content was high too good to be consumed with cancer. The roots of sweet star fruit is also believed to cure headaches and joint pain. While the leaves can be used to treat stomach ulcers, inflammation of skin ulcers, and ulcers.
Although many benefits, for patients with kidney disease should be careful with this fruit because it contains a lot of oxalic acid which is harmful to them.

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