Star Fruit, Carambola
Averrhoa carambola · Oxalidaceae · 스타프루트
How to spot it
The ridged fruit with a five-pointed star shape in cross-section is the decisive feature.
Look
- Leaves
- Pinnate compound leaves with 7 to 9 leaflets; sensitive to touch, they fold when shaken.
- Flowers
- Pale purple five-petaled flowers open in panicles.
- Fruit
- A berry that does not split open, star-shaped in cross-section, ripening from yellow-green to orange-yellow, with 5 seeds.
- Bark
- Light brown bark, smooth or sometimes finely cracked.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native to Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Sources
- 국립수목원 국가표준식물목록(KPNI 웹 조회)
- NParks Flora&Fauna Web — Averrhoa carambola
- 홍콩 병원관리국(HA) 독성식물 정보 — Averrhoa carambola
- Purdue University NewCROP (Morton, Fruits of Warm Climates)
- J.H. Crane, 'Commercialization of Carambola, Atemoya, and Other Tropical Fruits in South Florida', New Crops (Purdue NewCROP Proceedings, 1993)