Bark
Thin, smooth to slightly rough, grey to light brown; older bark becomes shallowly fissured.
Averrhoa carambola
Syn. Averrhoa acutangula
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
(DD)
Local name
- Star fruit (English)
- Karmal (Hindi)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Oxalidaceae
8m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Alternate, pinnately compound, 15–25 cm long with 5–11 ovate leaflets. The green leaflets are sensitive to light and fold inward at night.
Flower
It has small, pink colored flowers with a dark-red heart. The carambola plant will flower and fruit four times yearly.
Fruit / Seeds
Tropical fruit, fleshy, five-lobed, ovate to ellipsoid, attractive yellow-orange and pleasantly aromatic.
Did you know?
The fruit gets its common name “Star Fruit” because its cross-section forms a perfect five-pointed star.
Distribution
Central & East Jawa to Maluku.