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There are 2 distinct classes of starfruit – the smaller, very sour type, richly flavoured, with more oxalic acid; the larger, so-called "sweet" type, mild-flavoured, rather bland, with less oxalic acid.
Sweet types are recommended for fresh fruit while both sweet and tart types are useful for processing and home recipes. A description of some polular variesties grown in Malaysia is provided in the table.
Clones |
Fruit Shape |
Fruit Size |
Fruit Colour |
TSS (%) |
Flower length |
Flesh Texture (Ripe) |
B2 (MAHA 66) |
Oval |
Medium size 160-220g each |
Greenish yellow |
7 - 8 |
Short |
The flesh is sweet, juicy and fine textured. The fruit bruises easily and does not keep well and is not recommended for large scale planting. |
B10 |
Oval, big at the top and narrow at the end |
Medium size 180-250g each |
Reddish orange |
9 - 12 |
Short |
Sweet juicy and pleasant flavour with very fine texture. Recommended for large scale planting. |
B11 (Chan Yong I) |
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Medium size fruit |
Greenish yellow when ripe |
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Long |
The flesh is sweet, juicy but the texture is considered fibrous. |
B17 (Belimbing Madu) |
Oblong |
Large size 200-300g each |
Orange with white freckles |
15 - 18 |
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Crispy, firm and slightly fibrous, taste very sweet and has aroma. |
Sri Kembangan |
Elongated pointed fruit |
5-6 inches long. 150-200g |
Bright yellow-orange skin and flesh |
7 - 13 |
Short |
Juicy, firm flesh with few seeds. Flavour rich and sweet; excellent dessert quality |
Hew-1 |
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Whitish spots on fruit |
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Good flavour |
Fwang Tung (Thailand) |
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Fruit 5-8 inches long. 100-300g each |
Pale yellow skin and flesh thin ribs |
9.2 - 12.6 |
Short |
Very sweet and juicy, firm flesh with few seeds. |
Demak (Indonesia) |
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Bitter aftertaste |
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Names |
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Averrhoa carambola |
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Common: |
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English: |
Star fruit, Carambola |
Indonesia: |
Belimbing
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Malaysia: |
Belimbing Besi, Belimbing Manis, Belimbing Segi |
Tagalog (Philippines): |
Balimbing
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Thai: |
Ma Fueng |
Vietnam: |
Khe |
Mandarin: |
Yangtao |
Tamil: |
Puliccakkai |
Lao: |
Fuang |
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Taxonomic Position: |
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Domain: |
Eukaryota |
Kingdom: |
Viridiplantae |
Phylum: |
Spermatophyta |
Subphylum: |
Angiospermae |
Class: |
Dicotyledonae |
Order: |
Geraniales |
Family: |
Oxalidaceae |
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