apra

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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

food

plant

fruit

also known as

caimite, cainit, chulo, damsel, estrella, goudblad boom, jamoon, kaimit, pied caimite, pomme surette, star apple, star plum, sterappel

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13 comments

gtgrl

13 years ago

In Guyana we call this Starapple!!

Judith Judith

9 years ago

Jamaican call it starapple

Imelda Negretti

9 years ago

We call this fruit grown on a big forest tree, caimite, Has a tree in my back yard as a child

blessing Kerisha

9 years ago

In Jamaica, to me its my favourite apple

Mansingh

8 years ago

Sterapra/sterappel is sometimes referred to simply as apra

Melissa

8 years ago

We call it Caimite, its sweet and delicious

MARCIA

7 years ago

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

6 years ago

Aren't those Coco plums that grow in Barbuda?

Anna Klein

5 years ago

Were can I buy a seedling tree in the Caribbean

Ramón

5 years ago

We have these in DR!

DOM

4 years ago

Its called Star Apple here

Vicky

3 years ago

This is the Caimito in my country, Philippines

Bobby

3 years ago

Star Apple