Longmen County has a long history of cultivation of hemp squeezed carambola, and there are historical records in the sixth year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty. In the Republic of China period, the carambola grown in Longmen County had a higher yield, but the taste was more sour and dregs, and it had certain medicinal value, so the villagers in Halong Village, Maju Town, never gave up planting.
In 1987, fruit tree research experts came to Ma Ju Town to investigate, and found that Ma Ju Town was very suitable for growing star fruit, so they grafted Taiwan sweet star fruit, as well as Malaysian sweet star fruit, and carambola from HaLong Village, Ma Ju Town, for grafting experiments. The grafted star fruit is the current hemp squeezed star fruit, which is also a sweet carambola.
Hemp squeezed star fruit is five-diamond-shaped, and the cross-section is five-pointed star;; The skin is smooth, the peel and flesh are golden yellow, and it is not separated; The taste is crisp and tender, sweet and juicy, with a fresh fragrance; The fruit is smaller and has fewer seeds, and the single fruit weighs about 100 grams.
Hemp squeezed star fruit is a kind of watery fruit, and rich in nutrients, containing carbohydrates, vitamins, sucrose, fructose, glucose, malic acid, oxalic acid, citric acid and vitamins B1, B2 and calcium, potassium, magnesium, protein and other nutrients, is a more comprehensive nutritional composition of the fruit.
Carambola picking season, the orchard of the town of Hemp will be filled with a burst of carambola fragrance, a large piece of peach orchard, hanging full of branches of the fruit, ripe golden and shiny, the town of carambola is not only of good quality, but also large, the fruit color is yellow and green, the fruit is fragrant, and the fruit is crisp and juicy, sweet and slag-free, so that people do not like it.
Maju Town is located between the two famous tourist mountains of "Luofu Mountain" and "Nankunshan", the territory of the undulating mountains, overlapping mountains, belongs to the South Asian tropical monsoon climate, mild climate, abundant rainfall, loose and fertile soil, rich in humus, good natural environment, creating the excellent quality of hemp squeezed starfruit.
In April 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China approved the implementation of the national agricultural product geographical indication registration protection for "hemp squeezed starfruit". In May 2020, "Hemp Squeezed Carambola" was selected into the first batch of national famous and excellent new agricultural products in 2020.