Boh Limeng or vegetable starfruit is a shrub that is very well known to the people of Aceh in particular and Indonesia and Southeast Asia in general. Vegetable starfruit or wuluh starfruit is a shrub that is thought to originate from the Maluku Islands and spreads to almost all areas of Southeast Asia, only the name and term may be different.
This plant is very familiar so many people plant it in their yard, because this type of plant is not difficult to care for, some even plant it in large pots of course. If we plant it in the ground, the height of the starfruit stem can reach 5 meters with the characteristic of a rough stem and there are bumps. The shape of the leaves is arranged in a double shape.
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Fruit growth begins with red to maroon flowers on the white pistil head, after the flowers wither, fruit buds appear until they become star fruit ready to harvest. The fruit is oval-shaped, green to yellowish in color. The benefits of star fruit as a mixture of curry spices, processed by fermentation until dry, a mixture of herbal medicine.
The uniqueness of this starfruit tree is that the buds on the main trunk and branches can produce fruit.
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