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Averrhoa carambola

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Oxalidales Family: Oxalidaceae Genus: Averrhoa

carambola, star fruit

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 428 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Averrhoa carambola Koloa District: Lawai Valley. the Allerton Estate at Lawai Kai Preserved_Specimen Tree of 12 feet height. Leaves dark, more or less glossy-green above; dull grey-green below, young leaves tinged maroon, petiole, rachis, young stems tinged maroon; calyx & buds scarlet; petals lilac w/narrow white margins and base; fruit 5-6 ribbed, 4-4.25 inches long x 3 inches wide, waxy pale yellow-green with darker gdreen along edge of ribs, ripening waxy yellow-orange, flesh crisp. sweet-sour. Flynn, T.W. 5642 Kauai BISH 1994-10-14
2 Averrhoa carambola Koloa District: Lawai Valley; Lawai-Kai Preserved_Specimen Tree of 15 feet in height. Leaves dark green, semi-glossy above, dull, greyish-green below; young leaves with faint bronze cast; inflorescence branches red to magenta; flower buds same; calyx magenta with whitish margins; petals five, lilac within, slightly paler without, base white. Flynn, T.W. 3455 Kauai BISH 1989-07-15
3 Averrhoa carambola Koloa District: Kalaheo, yard of house at 3581 Kaloke Road. Preserved_Specimen Cultivate.* Lorence, D.H. 10963 Kauai BISH 2022-10-30
4 Averrhoa carambola Honolulu, Vineyard St. Nursery Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 15 Oahu BISH 1929-07-31
5 Averrhoa carambola Kalia, Waikiki Preserved_Specimen Octavio, A.M. Oahu BISH 1929-11-02
6 Averrhoa carambola Honolulu, Judd St Preserved_Specimen ~3 m tree; flower pink or reddish purple Brown, F.B.H. 1266 Oahu BISH 1925-10-04
7 Averrhoa carambola Honolulu, US Exp. Station Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 345 Oahu BISH 1926-10-25
8 Averrhoa carambola Honolulu, Vineyard St. Nursery Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 15 Oahu BISH 1929-07-31
9 Averrhoa carambola Koloa, Kalaheo, 3581 Kaloke Road yard of house Preserved_Specimen 6 m x 20 cm tree; branches erect and drooping, leaves dark green, slightly glossy above; flower calyx red pink, corolla purple, not fragrant, 12 pm; fruit ellipsoid, 5-7 lobed, ripening yellow, sweet, edible Lorence, D.H. 8925 Kauai BISH 2002-09-29
10 Averrhoa carambola Kukuihaele Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Hawaii BISH 1919-06-21
11 Averrhoa carambola Olea, Puna Preserved_Specimen Pukui, M.K. Hawaii BISH 1931-01-01
12 Averrhoa carambola Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1958-10-01
13 Averrhoa carambola Honolulu, 2616 Pali Hwy full sun Preserved_Specimen 7 m tree with a dense crown. Mature fruit canary yellow Lau, J. 1635 Oahu BISH 1985-11-16
14 Averrhoa carambola Wailua Game Reserve, above Wailua Vegetastion on plots stripmined for bauxite ore in 1958-60. Tree plot area. Fertilizer applied topically. Preserved_Specimen Shrub of 3 m. in height. Cauliflorous; flowers rose-purple. Howard, R.A. 20204 Kauai BISH 1985-10-20
15 Averrhoa carambola S of road next to Lumihuli Stream In an abandoned garden with many exotic introductions. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1978-06-16
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