 In an unripe state the fruit contains a sticky white latex, but when fully matured the white, transparent, jellylike substance surrounding the seed is sweet and agreeable. The fruit when cut across presents a stellate form, the cells with their white...  Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported - Page 1031917Full view - About this book
 | Hugh Fraser Macmillan - Agriculture - 1914 - 754 pages
...the fruit contains a sticky white latex, but when fully matured the white, transparent, jelly-like substance surrounding the seed is sweet and agreeable...."star-apple." The tree is well worth cultivating for ornament or shade for roadsides, etc. It thrives at Peradeniya, where it was first introduced in 1802.... | |
 | Germplasm resources, Plant - 1918 - 150 pages
...state the fruit contains a sticky white latex, but when fully matured the white, transparent, jellylike substance surrounding the seed is sweet and agreeable....first introduced in 1802. Propagated by seed, and thrives best in deep, rich, and well-drained soil." (Maemillan, Handbook of Tropical Gardening and... | |
 | Germplasm resources, Plant - 1920 - 116 pages
...Fruits are 2J to 3 inches in diameter, purplish black, round and smooth. A cross section of the fruit presents a stellate form, the cells with their white, edible contents radiating from a central axis; hence the name star-apple. The tree Is valuable for ornamental and shade purposes ;... | |
 | Royal Botanic Society of London - Botany - 1919 - 732 pages
...Panama hats are made. STAR APPLE (Chrysophyllum cainito). Star Apple is derived from the fruit which when cut across presents a stellate form, the cells...white edible contents radiating from the central axis. AVOCADO PEAR (Per sea gratissima) . This is a small tree, native of Tropical America. The fruit is... | |
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