fruit that is both a drink and a cooking spice. "Braised duck with star fruit, pickled star fruit"

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fruit that is both a drink and a cooking spice. "Braised duck with star fruit, pickled star fruit".
The star fruit is also known as purple star fruit or long coc fruit
As the name suggests, the star fruit is a fruit of the star fruit tree, also known as purple star fruit or long coc fruit. The star fruit is round, grows in clusters with long branches, has a green skin, white flesh and is crunchy when eaten. When green, the star fruit has a characteristic sour taste, is cool and has a fragrant smell. This type of tree often grows and develops well in the northern provinces of Vietnam and the Central Highlands.
Nutritional composition of star fruit
In ripe star fruit, there are up to 86% water, 1% organic acid; 1.3% protein; 8.2% glucid; 2.7% cellulose; 100 mg% calcium, 44 mg% phosphorus, iron and 3 mg% vitamin C.
According to Oriental medicine, the star fruit has a slightly sour taste when green, and a sour, sweet taste when ripe, and a cool nature. Star fruit has the effect of quenching thirst, treating coughs, and reducing phlegm. Therefore, in Oriental medicine, star fruit is often used to treat many diseases such as mouth ulcers, itchy throat, sore throat, vomiting due to pregnancy, swelling, contact dermatitis, itching, etc.