Averrhoa carambola
It is an East Indian, and Asian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow brown fruit, commonly known as star fruit or carambola.
Habitat
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.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plantae - Plants |
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| 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 |
External links
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