Star Apple, have you heard of it?

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Star apple, also called Kaymito in my country, is a round green fruit that turns dark brown when ripe. The tree grows around fifteen meters high and it's tips have hair. The leaves and branches are rich with sap and it is used for resin. It is preferable that it is eaten when the skin is having brown specks and not completely brown. It is sweet and it's sap looks like milk. The skin is not eaten,so it is opened by pressing it between to hands like opening a mangosteen. The skin sometimes have bitter latex that it should not be mixed with the fruit. It is popularly known that the fruit is good for people with diarrhea, diabetes and ulcer. We have one outside the house and every fruitful season we could collect around thirty fruits.