Why you should take agbalumo (African cherry)
Ever wonder if there is any reason for you to spend your token on the agbalumo fruit except for it sometimes irresistible sweet taste and sour feel in the mouth. By the time you are done reading this column, you will more than just mouth utility as a reason to consume agbalumo The exotic fruit which has a chewable edible skin that ranges in color from green to orange, depending on the stage of ripeness. The tender, sweet inner flesh is off-white with seeds making the inner to look like a star-shaped fruit. This obviously shows where it got the nickname ‘star apple’. purple and white and has a star shape formed by seeds through the middle of the fruit. The beautiful fruit can be gotten mostly everywhere in Nigeria towards the end of November till later in March when it would have gone out of season. According to NurseRita, here are a few out of the countless benefits of African Cherry: Vitamins and Minerals Star apples serve as a good source of calcium, with each serv