Star fruit vegetables or also known as the star fruit wuluh, belimbing reeds, starfruit bottle, starfruit, or starfruit acidis a small tree species thought to originate from the Maluku Islands, and is bred and grows freely in Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Malaysia. This plant is usually planted in the yard to take fruit that has a sour taste that is often used as a spice cooking and mixture of herbs.
Carambola is a fruit tree whose height reaches 5 m.the trunk is not large, diameter 30 cm. He was rough and bumpy, branching a bit, and leaning upward. Its young-haired branches, like velvet and light brown. The leaves are arranged in double. The shape is small, egg-shaped, and the amount 21-45 cm. The leaves include compound, pinnate, and odd.
Short-stemmed leaves, oval-shaped to jorong, pointed tip, base rounded, edges flat. The size of the leaves is: 2-10 cm × 1-3 cm. It is green, and the lower surface is light green. The flowers are plural, and arranged in panicles (5-20 cm long). Grouped, out of large branches, small star-shaped and purple / red purple only. The fruit includes buni fruit, round elliptical shaped, 4-6.5 cm in length, yellowish green, watery a lot if it's masajm and taste acid. The shape of oval, flattened.
Carambola wuluh has various benefits and is very good for health and beauty. This is the benefit of wuluh wuluh, namely:
Cough medicine;
Overcoming diabetes;
Treating toothache;
Cover acne;
Pityriasis versicolor;
Prevent hypertension;
Overcoming canker sores.
