Averrhoa carambola L.

This species is native to Central & E Jawa, extending to Maluku; introduced and cultivated elsewhere. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There is only one known species of Averrhoa ocuurs in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

Cultivated

علم تشكل النبات


Evergreen shrub or small tree ; up to 12 m tall , with broad rounded crown , and short trunk . Leaves alternate , compound , spirally , soft , pale green , 5–10 leaflets ; leaflets 15–20 cm long , ovate or ovate-oblong , upper side smooth , lower side finely hairy , whitish . Inflorescences small clusters in the axils of leaves , pedicellate . Flowers small , fragrant , rose to red-purple , bell-shaped ; petals 5 , with whitish edges , recurved ends . Fruit oblong , acutely angled , orange-yellow , star-shaped when cut in cross-section , up to 12 seeds . Seeds 6–12 . 5 mm long , flat , thin and brown . (Ref . https://en . wikipedia . org) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Evaluated (NE)

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Averrhoa acutangula Stokes
Averrhoa pentandra Blanco
Connaropsis philippica Fern.-Vill.
Sarcotheca philippica (Fern.-Vill.) Hallier f.

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Carambola
Star Fruit
Five-corner
Belimbing Besi
Belimbing Manis
Kembola
Caramba
Country Gooseberry
Belimbing Sagi
Kamrak

الأسماء المحلية


Not available

الاستخدامات


Not used traditionally.

المراجع


*https://en.wikipedia.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z.

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