Averrhoa carambola - Wikipedia
It is a small tree or shrub that grows 5 to 12 m (16 to 39 ft) tall, with rose to red-purple flowers. The flowers are small and bell-shaped, with five petals that have whitish edges. The flowers are often produced year round under tropical conditions. The tree is cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions for its edible fruits.
HS12/MG269: Carambola Growing in the Florida Home Landscape …
Carambola flowers are borne on panicles on twigs, or small-diameter branches, and occasionally on larger wood. The flowers are perfect, small (3/8 inch or 1 cm in diameter) and pink to lavender in color. They have 5 petals and sepals. Depending upon the cultivar, carambola flowers have either long or short styles.
Carambola - Wikipedia
Flowers are lilac in color, with purple streaks, and are about 5 mm (1 ⁄ 4 in) wide. The showy fruits have a thin, waxy pericarp , orange-yellow skin, and crisp, yellow flesh with juice when ripe. [ 1 ]
Carambola | Description, Tree, Fruit, Uses, & Facts | Britannica
carambola, (Averrhoa carambola), woody plant of the wood sorrel family (Oxalidaceae) and its edible fruit, native to tropical Asia and extensively cultivated in tropical areas. Barely ripe carambola has a verjuicelike sharpness. As it ripens, it acquires notes of pear, melon, and gooseberry, with a balance of flavours that is lightly sweet and sour
What is Star Fruit? How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Star Fruit
2024年2月9日 · Starfruit, or carambola, is a tropical fruit that belongs to the Averrhoa family. It grows on trees that may reach up to 30 feet in height and produce 5–15 cm long fruits. Its skin is yellow-green with light brown ridges, while its flesh is …
NParks | Averrhoa carambola - National Parks Board
Flowers: Light purple flowers borne on a panicle inflorescence about 2 - 5 cm long, each flower measuring about 0.6 cm wide, 5-petaled. Fruit: Fruit is an indehiscent berry measuring about 5 - 8 cm long, turns from yellowish-green to orange-yellow when ripen, contains 5 seeds. Cultivation: Prefers well-drained, slightly acidic soil.
Starfruit (Carambola) | Diseases and Pests, Description
The Carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola, is a woody plant in the family Oxalidaceae grown for its fruit known as starfruit. Carambola trees are small, bushy evergreens with drooping branches. The tree possesses soft compound leaves composed of 2–5 leaflets which are green in color and arranged in a spiral around the branches.
Averrhoa carambola, Carambola, Starfruit, Five-finger, Balimbing
Season: August - March. Small symetrical tree. Red and white flowers appear on bare branches or at leaf bases. Fruit has a thin, waxy, green-yellow, yellow or orange skin. Oblong and five-angled it is star-shaped when cut across the middle. It has a sweet, watery, slightly acid, pleasant tasting pulp that is eaten raw or preserved.
Carambola ‘Kari’ (Averrhoa carambola hybrid) - Logee’s
Carambola ‘Kari’ (Averrhoa carambola hybrid) One of the sweetest and most delicious carambola varieties, ‘Kari’ is a highly productive tree that stays fairly small and can be maintained and successfully fruited in a pot in northern zones. The star-shaped fruit has crisp, juicy, yellow flesh that can be eaten fresh, made into juice or dried.
Carambola characteristics (Averrhoa carambola) - Botanical online
2024年10月25日 · Scientific name: Averrhoa carambola L. Family: Oxalidaceae. Origin: fruit tree native of the Asian tropics. It is believed it comes from Indonesia. Habitat: Tropical and subtropical climate plant. Carambola tolerates short periods of frost. It grows in full sun and tolerates flooding.
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