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Guyana
Jamaica
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
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Guyana
noun
Carambola; A fruit with a star shaped cross section. As it ripens it turns from green to yellow. The fruit has a tart taste and is a good source of vitamin C.
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19 comments
Guyana
Guyana
Timehri dread
10 years ago

That is Five Finger ... Not Star apple.

Guyana
Guyana
Skip
10 years ago

Five finger or Star Fruit... not apple

Jamaica
Jamaica
Ann
9 years ago

Jamaicans call this Star Apple

Jamaica
Jamaica
Antonio
9 years ago

Yes the round purple/green fruit we call Star Apple and the yellow fruit shown below we call Star Fruit which is not as popular as the Star Apple

Jamaica
Jamaica
blessing Kerisha
9 years ago

Don't u have anything good to say about my number one fruit.

Guyana
Guyana
Sarah
9 years ago

The one that actually looks like a star in Guyana it is called Five Finger and the round one is called a Star Apple in Guyana.

Guyana
Guyana
Deiah
8 years ago

Since I am from America, my parents are Guyanese from linden . they told me about this fruit it round, sweet, Juicy . I want to try this when I go to Guyana next time . I heard this fruit is called star apple and the another one is Five finger . It is a funny name to me, I am only 15 love learning about different fruit that came from Guyana.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bobzy
8 years ago

How does star fruit taste!! Cause I can't remember having

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Charlene
7 years ago

Five finger

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Philippines
6 years ago

In the Philippines it is Called Caimito

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Zen
5 years ago

The first one is Caimet or star apple. The second one is five finger or star fruit.

Guyana
Guyana
Rodwell Fordyce
5 years ago

In Guyana the star fruit is five finger an the other one is star apple but we put the two words together an pronouns it as starapple

Guyana
Guyana
Gt gal
4 years ago

"Five fingah" or "Five finger" we call it in Guyana and I ain't calling it no other name rass 😎

Jamaica
Jamaica
4 years ago

The star one in some places in jamaican its called jumbilin and round one is called star apple

Guyana
Guyana
4 years ago

They are 2 different fruits the yellow one is five finger and the purple one is star apple

Guyana
Guyana
4 years ago

They are 2 different fruits the yellow one is five finger and the purple one is star apple

Jamaica
Jamaica
Maka
3 years ago

I love , jack fruit, june plun, neesberry

Jamaica
Jamaica
cudjo
last year

none of those fruits is jumblin. jibilin is very tart

St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
Cashy
9 months ago

Star apple all the way!