Ripening Stages

Fruit Sample

Ascorbic acid (mg/100 g fresh weight)a

Peel

Pulp

Placenta

Green

41

20.230 ± 0.607 c

16.367 ± 0.865 b

17.809 ± 1.607 b

Turning

26

23.170 ± 3.670 bc

21.268 ± 1.152 a

22.248 ± 0.458 a

Ripe

29

27.148 ± 4.696 ab

16.886 ± 1.668 b

22.709 ± 0.264 a

Fully ripe

22

32.452 ± 1.926 a

13.139 ± 0.399 c

24.842 ± 2.512 a