Carambola, also known as starfruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, India,Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The fruit is popular throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and parts of East Asia. The tree is also cultivated throughout non-indigenous tropical areas, such as in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southern United States.
The fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually five, but can sometimes vary); in cross-section, it resembles a star, hence its name. The entire fruit is edible and is usually eaten out of hand. They may also be used in cooking, and can be made into relishes, preserves, and juice drinks.
Common Names
In Malaysia and others maritime Southeast Asia, it is known as belimbing in Indonesian and Malay; and balimbíng or saranate in Tagalog. In Indochina, it is known as ma fueang (มะเฟือง) in Thai; maak fueang (ໝາກເຟືອງ) in Lao; plae speu (ផ្លែស្ពឺ) in Cambodian; sungwarthi in Myanmar; and khế in Vietnamese. In East Asia, it is known yángtáo (楊桃/杨桃) in Chinese (Mandarin).
In South Asia, it is known as kordoi (কৰ্দৈ) or rohdoi (ৰহদৈ) in Assamese; kamranga (কামরাঙ্গা) in Bengali; kamrakh in Hindi and Gujarati; karambal-drakshi or kaparakshi hannu (ಕಪರಾಕ್ಷೀ ಹಣ್ಣು) in Kannada; chaturappuli (ചതുരപ്പുളി) or vairappuli (വൈരപ്പുളി) in Malayalam; karambal in Marathi and Konkani; karmanga in Oriya; thambaratham (தம்பரத்தம்) in Tamil; ambanamkaya(అ౦బాణ౦కాయ) in Telugu; khafrenga in Sylheti; theiherawt in Mizo; kamranga (කාමරංගා) in Sinhala; and bimbli in Tulu.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, it is known as jimbilin in Jamaican Patois; five finger in Guyanese Creole and Trinidadian English; karanbol in Haitian Creole, Seychellois Creole andMauritian Creole; and fransman birambi in Sranan Tongo.
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