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Trinidad & Tobago
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Pouteria caimito, a tropical tree, and its fruit originally from South America. It will grow an average of 33 feet (10 m) high, and can grow as high as 116 feet (35 m) under good conditions. Its fruit’s shape varies from round to oval with a point. When ripe, it has smooth bright yellow skin and will have one to four ovate seeds. The inside of the fruit is translucent and white. It has a creamy and jelly-like texture and with a taste similar to the sapodilla
alternatives
yellow star apple
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11 comments
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
8 years ago

Is that Caimette?

St. Lucia
St. Lucia
Erwin
7 years ago

I thought it might be what we call a bwe as it becomes quite chewy much like chewing gum

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
SJT
6 years ago

Aka yellow star apple

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
SJT
6 years ago

Caimette

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Annie
6 years ago

Caimette

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
6 years ago

What part of Trinidad is this grown? I've never seen this fruit before in all my years living in Trinidad.

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
JB /T&T
6 years ago

Know the word but wondering whether description is incorrect.

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
3 years ago

It's a Caimette. They come in purple and green color

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Gale
3 years ago

Dianne is correct!! It is purple inside. The fruit on display is not the Caimette I grew up with and loved. What has happened to the fruits of my childhood? Development is destroying our national agricultural treasures.

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
2 years ago

Oh God! Dis ting making meh hungry! LOL.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bobby
2 years ago

Yellow Star Apple