....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, 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.
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