Averrhoa carambola

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Carambola flower
Carambola flower

It is an East Indian, and Asian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow brown fruit, commonly known as star fruit or carambola.

Carambola Starfruit
Carambola Starfruit

Habitat

Averrhoa Carambola
Averrhoa Carambola

The Star-fruit producing plant is a woody plant in the family Oxalidaceae native to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka but also cultivated in many other parts of the world.

Averrhoa carambola
Averrhoa carambola

Classification

Kingdom Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Geraniales
Family Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family
Genus Averrhoa Adans. - averrhoa
Species Averrhoa carambola L. - carambola

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