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Averrhoa carambola L., Sp. Pl. 428 1753. (Syn: Averrhoa acutangula Stokes; Sarcotheca philippica (Villar) Hallier f.);
. av-er-OH-uh — named for Averrhoes, an Arabian physician … Dave’s Botanary kah-rahm-BOH-luh or ka-RAM-boh-luh — Latin form of an aboriginal name … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: carambola, star fruit, Coromandel gooseberry, kamranga, five finger, five corner • Bengali: কামরাঙা kamarana • Hindi: दन्तसठ dantasatha, कमरक kamaraka, कमरख kamarakha, पर्णमाचाल parnamachal, पीतफल pitaphala, शिराल shiral • Kannada: ಕಮರಾಕ್ಷಿ kamaraakshi, ಕಮರಮ್ಗ kamaramga • Konkani: करंबल karambala • Marathi: कमरख kamarakha, करमळ karamala, करंबल karambala • Sanskrit: कर्मरकः karmarakah, कर्मरंग karmaranga • Tamil: கந்தசட்கம் kantacatkam, தமரத்தை tamarattai, தாமரத்தம்பழம் tamarattampazam • Telugu: అంబాణపుకాయ ambanapukaya, కర్మరంగము karmarangamu, తమాటకాయ tamatakaya . Distribution: cultivated throughout tropics; possible origin Java . Densely branched tree up to 12 m tall, young branches pubescent; leaves imparipinnate with 5-13 ovate to elliptic leaflets, terminal leaflet largest and acuminate; flowers small, in axillary panicles with crimson branches and buds; sepalsnarrowly elliptic, 3-5 mm long; petals white or pink with purple markings, 7-9 mm long; stamens 10 with often 5 fertile alternating with 5 short staminodes, sometimes only 1-2 fertile, filaments dilated at base; ovary pubescent with 5 styles and capitate stigmas; berry yellow to yellow-brown when mature, up to 10 cm long, usually 5-ridged, stellate cross section.
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Two cultivars (though not formally recognised) of this species are well known Sour type: the smaller, very sour type, richly flavored, with more oxalic acid (nearly 1 %);
Sweet type: the larger, mild-flavored, rather bland, with less oxalic acid (nearly 0.4 %), lighter and more yellower in colour. . Fruit used in jellies, jams, preserves and pickles, also as salad, also made into stews, curries, puddings and tarts;
This is one of my favorite fruits. I like to eat this fruit with salt and chilli powder sprinkled on it;
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  Fruit & Vegetable Weak- Averrhoa carambola L.: –The fruits are mainly sold near the schools as the children likes it very much.
Fruit and Vegetable Week – PR- 080111-Averrhoa carambola:
Fruits & Vegetables Week: Averrhoa carambola, the starfruit or carambola:
Fruits & Vegetable week- Averrhoa carambola: This one is a tree.
Common name: Carambola, Star fruit Bot. name: Averrhoa carambola – nice photos of the flowers and fruits of Carambola. I am sending photos of the flowers and fruits of Carambola tree growing in our balcony. Place : Dombivli, Thane Dt. – I bought it from a nursery as a graft. Within one year it started flowering and fruiting. – Anappulichy – in South trivandrum
Flora of Haryana: Averhoa carambola from TDL Herbal Park Yamuna Nagar: Averhoa carambola from TDL Herbal Park Yamuna Nagar beautiful flowers. I have a plant growing in a pot. Sending some photos of the fruits. Place : Dombivli I grow figs, lemon, karela, snake gourd and herbs like pudina, curry leaves, lemon grass. All are growing well in pots. I do not use any fertilizers. Only soil mixed with gobar and little water in the morning and rest all work is done my friends – Earthworms !!.
Averrhoa carambola from Trivandrum city: Averrhoa carambola (Family: Oxalidaceae) from Trivandrum city.
Photographed on 23rd and 25th April 2012.
Commonly known as star fruit, its fruits are edible.
Native to Southeast Asia and Indian sub-continent. Thank you … for sharing… beautiful… drooling, KAMRANGA in Bengali, never seen this plant. … just come over to the Agri Horticulture garden in Alipore, there is at least one big one and a smaller one … the big one is in edge of the parking lot … and a relatively younger one (even that is about 30 years old) on the north side of the office door where the cashiers sit… you can even sample the fruit if the gardeners are removing them for cleaning purposes… A slow growing small tropical tree, no more than 25 feet tall, originally from Southeast Asia (Indonesia).
The green leaflets are sensitive to light and fold inward at night. It has small, pink colored flowers with a dark-red heart. The carambola plant will flower and fruit four times yearly. This tropical fruit, fleshy five lobbed, ovate to elliptoid, is attractive yellow-orange and pleasantly aromatic! The tree flowers and bears fruit almost year-round. When sliced in cross section a perfect star is formed.
Carambola is eaten fresh or in fruit salads. The carambola tree seems to be used for bonsai.
Ref. Flowers of India Its flowering now in Lalbagh and also in Cubbon park
Flora of Haryana: Averrhoa carambola from GMNPG College Campus Ambala Cantt Haryana: I think this is indeed Averrhoa carambola. A beautiful tree. The fruit turns yellowish orange when ripe.
Hooghly Today : Averrhoa carambola Linnaeus: Averrhoa carambola Yes, Satish Sir, i have eaten a fruit that day, after a long time! But didn’t see flowers yet. I have a grafted tree growing in a container. It gets fruits twice in a year. Here are the photos. Wonderful …, if i could had some! I have heard that there is a sweet cultivated variety of this tree, would like to taste that one too!
SYMBIOSIS : 281:
Averrhoa carambola Linn., Sp. Pl. 428. 1753.
Syn: Averrhoa acutangula Stokes
Common names: Carambola
Hindi: Kamrak
Densely branched tree up to 12 m tall, young branches pubescent; leaves imparipinnate with 5-13 ovate to elliptic leaflets, terminal leaflet largest and acuminate; flowers small, in axillary panicles with crimson branches and buds; sepalsnarrowly elliptic, 3-5 mm long; petals white or pink with purple markings, 7-9 mm long; stamens 10 with often 5 fertile alternating with 5 short staminodes, sometimes only 1-2 fertile, filaments dilated at base; ovary pubescent with 5 styles and capitate stigmas; berry yellow to yellow-brown when mature, up to 10 cm long, usually 5-ridged, stellate cross section.
Fruit commonly used in chats, pickles, jams and jellies.
Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi . Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week :: MN01 :: Averrhoa carambola from Dombivli: (5 images) Sending photos of Averrhoa carambola growing in our balcony.
Place : Dombivli
Date : April 2009 Great depiction …
Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Oxalidaceae :: Averrhoa carambola Pune : 7 images.
Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week : ARK-01 : Averrhoa carambola: 4 images. 4 posts by 3 authors. Very good. Mumbai seems to have many trees. The fruits are seen for sale on Mumbai footpaths!
Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: NS14: OXALIDACEAE: Averrhoa carambola from Yamunanagar : 5 images. 2 posts by 2 authors.
This one was shot from Tau Devi Lal Herbal Park, Yamunanagar (Haryana)… Averrhoa carambola L.
Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Averrhoa carambola, L. <=> Star Fruit Tree – Bangalore – RA : 12 images. 5 posts by 4 authors. A slow growing small tropical tree, no more than 25 feet tall, originally from Southeast Asia (Indonesia).
The green leaflets are sensitive to light and fold inward at night. It has small, pink colored flowers with a dark-red heart. The carambola plant will flower and fruit four times yearly. This tropical fruit, fleshy five lobbed, ovate to elliptoid, is attractive yellow-orange and pleasantly aromatic! The tree flowers and bears fruit almost year-round.
When sliced in cross section a perfect star is formed.
Carambola is eaten fresh or in fruit salads. The carambola tree seems to be used for bonsai.
Thanks … for complete set of pictures, as always..
Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: Oxalidaceae :: Averrhoa carambola – PKA5 : 2 images. 5 posts by 4 authors. Common name: Carambola, Star fruit Beautiful! The fruits were for sale outside the VJ garden in Mumbai last year Thanks … for sharing…the habit picture is unique..
Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week : OXALIDACEAE : RVS 1 : Averrhoa carambola : 3 images. 5 posts by 4 authors.
Averrhoa carambola from FRLHT’s medicinal plants garden, Bangalore.
Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week :: DV :: 01-02 MAY 08 16:27 :: Oxalidaceae » Averrhoa carambola at Kamshet : 4 images. 3 posts by 2 authors. Oxalidaceae
Averrhoa carambola L. av-er-OH-uh — named for Averrhoes, an Arabian physician … Dave’s Botanary
kah-rahm-BOH-luh or ka-RAM-boh-luh — Latin form of an aboriginal name … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: carambola, star fruit, Coromandel gooseberry, kamranga, five finger, five corner • Bengali: কামরাঙা kamarana • Hindi: दन्तसठ dantasatha, कमरक kamaraka, कमरख kamarakha, पर्णमाचाल parnamachal, पीतफल pitaphala, शिराल shiral • Kannada: ಕಮರಾಕ್ಷಿ kamaraakshi, ಕಮರಮ್ಗ kamaramga • Konkani: करंबल karambala • Marathi: कमरख kamarakha, करमळ karamala, करंबल karambala • Sanskrit: कर्मरकः karmarakah, कर्मरंग karmaranga • Tamil: கந்தசட்கம் kantacatkam, தமரத்தை tamarattai, தாமரத்தம்பழம் tamarattampazam • Telugu: అంబాణపుకాయ ambanapukaya, కర్మరంగము karmarangamu, తమాటకాయ tamatakaya Distribution: cultivated throughout tropics; possible origin Java References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • NPGS / GRIN • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar in garden of resort at Kamshet on 01-02 MAY 08
Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week : Oxalidaceae : Averrhoa carambola : Nasik : 100313 : AK-25 : 4 images. 3 posts by 2 authors.
Sharing pictures of Averrhoa carambola, flowers & fruits seen during various visits to a plant nursery in Nasik.
Commonly known as Star Fruit.
Hooghly Today : flowers : Averrhoa carambola L. : Attachments (8). 3 posts by 2 authors.
I have earlier post of this tree – efi thread. the flowers are beautiful indeed.
Flowers of Averrhoa carambola MN030813 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Averrhoa carambola L. from Assam : Attachments (8). 1 post by 1 author.
Attached images are Averrhoa carambola L. from Assam.
Date :08.11.2013
Location: Kamrup district, Assam
Family : Oxalidaceae
Genus & species : Averrhoa carambola L.
Habit : Tree
SYMBIOSIS : 645 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).
Attaching an image of a Blank Swift butterfly on the flowers of Averrohoa carambola.
TSP-APR2016-05-305:Images of Averrhoa carambola ( Oxalidaceae) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) It is my pleasure to share few images of Averrhoa carambola (Oxalidaceae) Habit: Tree Habitat: Cultivated Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1200 msl Date: 06-02-2016 Beautiful complete set again.
REQUESTIONG FOR ID ASSISTANCE : 8 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (1)
habra, kolkata, west bengal 09/05/2016 Thanks, … Is it a tree or a shrub ? Tree sir It looks like star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) yes…it is star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) Looks like Averrhoa carambola to me too. Yes it is Averrhoa carambola
Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 1054 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
attaching a collage of Red Vented Bulbul feeding on fruits of Averrhoa carambola (KAMRANGA). .
Plant for ID SMP1 27/10/2010 – efloraofindia | Google Groups
Averrhoa carambola:
On Pongal Day in 2009, I plucked more than 10 Kgs of starfruit from the tree I had planted 30 or so years ago. This year we got barely a handful but every day (in the season) there were half-eaten tiny fruit lying under the tree. Last week I managed to catch the thief in the act of plunder, though only on film. There were two of them quietly hopping around and munching away. I only noticed them because I was standing under the tree getting some leaves composted and saw the half-eaten fruit fall down. There was no sound until they screeched and flew away together after their breakfast. – Rose-ringed Parakeets [the female is featured here] eat only the seeds and discard the fleshy pulp. – My potted Carambola tree flowered and now there are fruits. – So that was why I saw so much fruit wasted on the driveway, is it? Do they discard the flesh of all fruits or only of the carambola since it is sour? The male was also there but not easily visible to my camera. I presume it was her mate as they suddenly flew off together, screeching raucously. – My elderly aunt (90 years ) has suggested I tie a tin with a striker and get someone to sound the makeshift bell on and off to scare away the birds. I must see whether there are any fruit left to justify the effort. There are so many tiny fruit on the ground, which are sure not to have formed seeds by then. The way the fruit is wasted is a shame, though I can see the point of view of the gourmet parakeet too. – They do the same with Guavas [and also with chillies/ red peppers].
07/05/2011/YRP/01/Naoroz Estate, Chethalayam, Wayanad.:
some pictures of flowers (3mm in diameter), fruits and leaves of Averrhoa carambola (Star fruit). Normally sour, but at our place juicy and sweet. Date & Time 07/05/2011 Location: Place, Altitude, GPS Chethalayam, Wayanad. Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild Type: Garden. Plant Habit: Tree, Shrub, Climber, Herb Tree. Height, Length. 15 ft. Averrhoa carambola, Family Averrhoaceae Two cultivars (though not formally recognised) of this species are well known Sour type: the smaller, very sour type, richly flavored, with more oxalic acid (nearly 1 %);
Sweet type: the larger, mild-flavored, rather bland, with less oxalic acid (nearly 0.4 %), lighter and more yellower in colour. One website, however, write that sour fruits are larger about 5 inch long, whereas sweet ones shorter, about 3 inch long. Perhaps you may know more about this. The fruits on my plant are large some as large as 4″ in length, I think we can conclude that the sweeter ones are large. This is one of my favorite fruits. I like to eat this fruit with salt and chilli powder sprinkled on it. I have a small tree growing in a pot and last year it gave many fruits. I enjoy it too. We have around 4 such trees and they produce plenty of fruits. Chethalayam being the place it is, it has no commercial value. I enjoy it, one more reason I like it is because it has plenty of fibres. My friends enjoy it, so do my birds and my cows. They are found underneath the tree as soon as it starts ripening. It grows very fast from seeds and soon there will be plenty of plants. I tasted it for the first time recently this year and I liked it. I think there is a need to vist your garden and try tasting all edibles ones…. It would certainly be a great experience for me. You are welcome any time. Only, it is a wild garden. You will be surprised how many so called weeds could be eaten. Another drawback, you can not go out in the night due to elephants. Otherwise, it is very close to the original garden of Eden. Sweet Carambola is found in Assam also. It is very tasty and I eat it without any salt. Unfortunately, the ones I have in my home garden bears fruits which grows up to 4 inches but are decidedly sour. nice photos of flowers and fruits. Mine is growing in a small pot. It is sweet when ripe and yellowish and my son enjoys the fruit with some salt. Last month it flowers and fruited. I am sending some photos of the previous fruits. It is amazing how you grow it on the balcony of a highrise building.
Flower for Id -ID12022018SH1 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Flower for Id pl.
Location – Mumbai Date – May 2017 Wild or planted? Where in Mumbai? it is planted in a public garden – not wild. In Mumbai – Versova area. … perhaps, flowers of the star fruit, Averrhoa carambola ?
Yes, …, I also think it is Averrhoa carambola But I haven’t seen it bearing the fruits yet
Averrhoa carambola L. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)- around 400 kb each.
Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Date: 12 August 2018
Elevation: 1300 ft.
Habit : Cultivated
Star fruit !
Yes, Thanks for sharing. yes. grows every where in tropics, lower gangetic plains esp. nice and one tree that may not have needed a label! go figure
SYMBIOSIS : 1250 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Attaching a collage of Bee visiting flowers of Averrhoa carambola (KAMRANGA/ KAMROK)
very nice. i did not realize it starts flowering now . Seems to it’s cultivated one if it’s check with Phyllanthus acidus,
It is cultivated. Thanks a lot for confirming. Also check for Averrhoa sps (A.carambola ?)
Thanks, …, for the id.
Appears more closer to images at Averrhoa carambola rather than those at Phyllanthus acidus . Averrhoa carambola Yamunanagar-GS17122021-4: 4 high res. images.
Averrhoa carambola clicked from TDL Herbal Garden Yamunanagar, 19-9-2011. ID is correct sir ji. The photographs are very nice. . Oxalidaceae: Averrhoa carambola L.: 1 image. . References:
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