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Carambola
Varieties
 

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)

 

Medium size fruit

Greenish yellow when ripe

 

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

 

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

 

 

Whitish spots on fruit

 

 

Good flavour

Fwang Tung (Thailand)

 

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)

 

 

 

 

 

Bitter aftertaste

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
Names
   

Scientific:

Averrhoa carambola

 

 

Common:

 

English:

Star fruit, Carambola

Indonesia:

Belimbing

Malaysia:

Belimbing Besi, Belimbing Manis, Belimbing Segi

Tagalog (Philippines):

Balimbing

Thai:

Ma Fueng

Vietnam:

Khe

Mandarin: Yangtao
Tamil: Puliccakkai
Lao: Fuang

 

 

Taxonomic Position:

   

Domain:

Eukaryota

Kingdom:

Viridiplantae

Phylum:

Spermatophyta

Subphylum: Angiospermae

Class:

Dicotyledonae

Order:

Geraniales

Family:

Oxalidaceae

 

 

 
 
 


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