name: Star Fruit

flavor_db_name_variants: star fruit

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Star fruit

id: 23

name_scientific: Averrhoa carambola

description: Averrhoa carambola is a species of woody plant in the family Oxalidaceae; it has a number of common names including Carambola and Starfruit. This evergreen tree is native to Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. A. carambola is a small tree or shrub that grows 5–12 meters tall, with rose to red-purple flowers. The flowers are small and bell-shaped, with five petals that have whitish edges. The flowers are often produced year round under tropical conditions. The tree is cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions for its edible fruits and for medicinal uses.

itis_id: 506371

wikipedia_id: Averrhoa carambola

picture_file_name: 23.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 69876

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:29:11.000Z

legacy_id: 23

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Tropical fruits

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:16.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:14.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 28974

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00023