Carambola
ಕಮರಾಕ್ಷಿकमरखఅంబాణపుకాయ
Averrhoa carambola L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 8.5 m
- wide
- —
Oxalidaceae
Formerly Averrhoa acutangula, Averrhoa pentandra, Connaropsis philippica, Sarcotheca philippica
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & E. Jawa to MalukuKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 5.0 m to 12 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Pink, purpleRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Simplified Chinese
- 五棱果, 五稔, 洋桃
- Slovenian
- karambola
- German
- Sternfrucht
- Hebrew
- קרמבולה
- Portuguese
- carambola
- Chinese
- 阳桃叶, 楊桃, 阳桃
- Danish
- Karambol
- Indonesian
- Belimbing
- Vietnamese
- Khế
- Czech
- karambola
- Finnish
- Karambola, tähtihedelmä
- French
- Carambolier
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Averrhoa carambola (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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