Carambola (starfruit)

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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Carambola, or
starfruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native
to Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka. The tree and its fruit are popular
throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and parts of East Asia. The
tree is also cultivated throughout the tropics, such as in Colombia,
Trinidad, Guyana, Dominican Republic and Brazil, and, in the United
States, in south Florida and Hawaii. The carambola is closely related to
the bilimbi. The fruit in cross-section is a five- pointed star, hence
its name.