Vegetable Starfruit (Wuluh).steemCreated with Sketch.

in hive-109286 •  4 years ago 

Hi everyone, this is a photo i want to share.

I took this photo myself through my cellphone camera and this is a vegetable star fruit tree that is behind my own house.

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Starfruit is a plant that is widely cultivated in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia.

Due to its sour, sweet, and bitter taste, this fruit is often used as a cooking ingredient for a variety of foods.

I usually use it when cooking gravy or making prawn tamarind.

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Even though it is small, the benefits of starfruit are huge. Various nutritional content in this fruit is good for body health, from maintaining heart health to accelerating wound healing.

Star fruit wuluh fruit is oval and dark green when young and turns yellowish when it is ripe.

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Wuluh starfruit flowers are purplish red and clustered.

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But did you know that the leaves are also beneficial for health, Vegetable star fruit leaves can be used to help treat various diseases.

It's easy, simply by making water infusion (soaking star fruit leaves) or boiling it and drinking it, However, still consult a doctor before drinking it.

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The starfruit tree can grow to a height of 5 meters. The trunk of this tree is not too big with few branches, But this star fruit tree can live for years.

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