Pectic type II arabinogalactans were found in the edible tropical starfruit.
The polysaccharide was composed of Araf, Arap, Galp, GalpA, GlcpA and Rhap.
(1 → 3), (1 → 6) and (1 → 3,6)-linked Galp units were present.
High amounts of (1 → 6)-linked Galp units were observed in methylation analysis.