EPPO Global Database

Averrhoa carambola(AVRCA)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-07

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AVRCA
  • Preferred name: Averrhoa carambola
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Malesia (Java, Moluccas). Cultivated as an  ornamental tree and for its fruits. Introduced in Himalayas, Bangladesh, China, Indochina (except Myanmar), Malesia (Borneo, Philippines), Central America, South America (Ecuador, Brazil)


Common names
Name Language
caramba English
carambola English
Chinese gooseberry English
country gooseberry English
star fruit English
Karambolabaum German
Sternfruchtbaum German
carambolier French
carambolier vrai French
carambolo Spanish
carombolero Spanish
mimbro redondo Spanish (ES)
tamarindo china Spanish
carambola Italian
carambola Dutch
carambola Portuguese
caramboleira Portuguese
carambola Swedish
gorenshi Japanese
sutâfurutsu Japanese
ゴレンシ Japanese
スターフルツ Japanese
карамбола Russian
karambola Finnish
oskomian pospolity Polish
kamarak Bengali
yáng táo Chinese
阳桃 Chinese
karambola Croatian
karambola obecná Czech
karmal Hindi
करमल Hindi
belimbing besi Indonesian
belimbing buluh Indonesian
karambola Slovene