Carambola
Related Category: Plants
(kr´´mb´l), orange fleshy fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a small shrub in the wood sorrel family (Oxalidaceae).
Fruit: Carambola fruits are ovate to ellipsoid, 2-1/2 to 5 inches (6 to 13 cm) in length, with 5 (rarely 4 or 6) prominent longitudinal ribs. Slices cut in cross-section are star shaped.
Averrhoa carambola or Carambola is a slow growing tree from the Malay Region. In nature, the trees will reach about 30 feet (9 m) tall and about half as wide.
Averrhoa carambola
Family: Oxalidaceae
Carambola, Starfruit, Five-finger, Balimbing
Origin: South East Asia ...
Averrhoa carambola. Star Fruit. Not common.
Avicennia nitida, otherwise Black Mangrove, ...
This Carambola relative produces very small pickle-like fruits which are borne directly on the trunk of the tree and also on the branches. The fruits are preceded by small red flowers on the trunk and branches.
Averrhoa carambola (Star Fruit, Carambola)
Oxalis acetosella (Wood Sorrel, Shamrock)
Oxalis adenophylla (Sauer Klee)
Oxalis crassipes
Oxalis hirta
Oxalis lasiandra
Oxalis oregana (Redwood Sorrel, Oregon Oxalis)
Oxalis pes-caprae (Bermuda Buttercup) ...
Averrhoa - Averrhoa Trees
Averrhoa carambola - Carambola; Star Fruit
Pandanaceae: The Screwpine Family
Pandanus - Pandanus Trees
Pandanus utilis - Screwpine ...
species are perennial herbs, though some are annual, and others subshrubs. Oxalis is the most important genus in the family OXALIDACEÆ. Another genus in this family, of tropical Asian evergreen trees, is Averrhoa, from which comes the carambola ...
 See also: Green, Averrhoa carambola, Pineapple, Guava, India
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