The most widely planted commercial cultivar in Florida. Origin: Florida, from Malaysian seed planted in 1973 by Morris Arkin of Coral Gables. Tree: upright, vigorous. Flowers long-styled. Fruit: elongate-cylindrical with longitudinal indentations that make it star-shaped in cross section, with 5 broad ribs; averaging 12.2 cm long × 6.8 cm wide and 150 g in weight, with 9.4 seeds, or much less when grown in block plantings. Skin waxy, deep yellow; outstandingly firm, withstanding stresses of handling and shipping better than most other cultivars; fruit juicy, crisp, and of acceptable sweetness.
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