"Carambola"

Posted by vitomartin (Olivos, Vicente Pelotes, Buenos Aires, Argentina) on 12 May 2007 in Plant & Nature.

A fruit? You can do marmalade with it. ;-)

Typical fruit of tropical countries of excellent, flavor, texture and frecura. It is consumed in fresh state, for the preparation of salads, refreshments, pickles, juice, ice creams, candies in syrup, jams and compotas. As also it is used dry and with sugar for the decoration. In homemade medicine the fruits and the leaves have diverse applications, to clean metals and to remove spots of the white clothes.

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