The Caribbean Dictionary
Noun
A round fruit about the size of a tennis ball. It has a glossy leathery skin that is either green, purple, or some combination of the two colours. Inside is a purple and white milky flesh that exhibits a distinct star pattern. The fruit is sweet and eaten raw
caimite, cainit, damsel, estrella, goudblad boom, jamoon, kaimit, pied caimite, pomme surette, star apple, star plum, sterappel
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gtgrl
Apr 12, 2011
In Guyana we call this Starapple!!
Judith Judith
Jan 25, 2015
Jamaican call it starapple
Imelda Negretti
Feb 14, 2015
We call this fruit grown on a big forest tree, caimite, Has a tree in my back yard as a child
blessing Kerisha
Apr 14, 2015
In Jamaica, to me its my favourite apple
Mansingh
Mar 03, 2016
Sterapra/sterappel is sometimes referred to simply as apra
Melissa
Aug 12, 2016
We call it Caimite, its sweet and delicious
MARCIA
Mar 08, 2017
I HAD THAT WHEN I WAS A CHILD WE DID NOT HAVE IT IN THE CITY WHICH IS CASTRIES, WE CALL IT CAIMITE, I HEARD MY SISTER CALL IT SO
Jam
Aug 31, 2018
Aren't those Coco plums that grow in Barbuda?
Anna Klein
Apr 05, 2019
Were can I buy a seedling tree in the Caribbean
Ramón
Oct 16, 2019
We have these in DR!
DOM
Jul 28, 2020
Its called Star Apple here
Vicky
Feb 08, 2021
This is the Caimito in my country, Philippines
Bobby
Sep 16, 2021
Star Apple