Depok, Indonesia. The place i live, the place i breathe, this place is where i belong. Depok City officially formed in 1999.Depok area includes 6 subdistricts : Pancoran Mas, Beji, Sukmajaya, Limo, Sawangan and Cimanggis. Our land has a very special fruit that we can proud of. The StarFruit.
The most famous type of our Starfruit is a StarFruit of God. Or Indonesian people called it as "Belimbing Dewa". This fruit was invented by a Depok's Farmer Fruit Cultivator, Mr. H. Usman Mubin. The color of this fruit is usually a yellow-gold or orange and surely containing very high amount of Vitamin C and A. Vitamin C is a highly effective antioxidant, acting to lessen oxidative stress, a substrate for ascorbate peroxidase, as well as an enzyme cofactor for the biosynthesis of many important biochemicals. Vitamin C acts as an electron donor for eight different enzymes. While Vitamin A Vitamin A plays a role in a variety of functions throughout the body, such as Vision, Gene Transcription, Immune Function, Bone Metabolism, etc.
The biggest one from StarFruit of God's could reached 0,8kg. The sweet taste from this fruit is a perfect cure for hypertension, diabetes, stomache pain, etc. These fruits are perfeclty developed at Depok. Cause of depok's climate is very suits for them to grow. Starfruit of god farmed mainly at Tugu Village, Kelapa Dua. The potential of Starfruit agriculture in Depok until the year of 2007 reached total amount of 33,729 with a total Starfruit farm of 135 ha area spread in the area of Depok. Starfruit plants also estimates that by the age of more than 4 years, they could have producted 100-150 kg starfruits per tree per year. Plus the fact there are 27.500-28.000 productive tree like that in Depok. It means depok can provide around 2700 - 3000 tons every year. Its 2,700,000 - 3,000,000kgs!! Huge number isnt it? The value is large enough for an urban agricultural products. If we estimate that the price of one kg of Starfruit God Rp10.000, then the each year earning sales would be in range from 16-24 BILLION RUPIAHS!! That's a huge number for an urban agricultural products.
Another effort to improve the value of our products is by increasing the quality of product processing itself. Although the processing effort in horticulture is still low, but the socialitazion training in the field given by Depok Goverment, has motivated micro-entrepreneurs to process a horticulture products. So, they can keep the quality of their products, our Star Fruit of God at it highest level.