在美洲热带地区和西印度洋群岛上,生长着一种奇特的野生灌木,当地人在采摘果实时,果蒂处会溢出一股形似牛奶的白色浆汁,所以人们将其称作“牛奶果”;又因这种果实的外形圆润,和苹果极为相似,横切后子房自中心向四周的辐射呈星状,所以又有“星苹果”的别称,而这种灌木也被称为“牛奶果树” In the tropical regions of the Americas and the West Indies, there is a peculiar wild bush that locals call a milk-like white juice when picking fruit, so people call it “milk fruit ”Because of the rounded shape of the fruit, and apple is very similar to the ovary after the cross from the center of the radiation was star-shaped, so there is“ star apple ”another name, and this shrub was also Called “milk fruit tree”