Averrhoa carambola L.

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 5

Averrhoa carambola L.

GRIN Nomen number: 6158

Family: Oxalidaceae

Common Name: belimbing (Tagalog), carambola (English), carambolier (French), carambolo (Spanish), five-corner (English), karambola (Swedish), Karambole (German), starfruit (English), Sternfrucht (German).

Native: ASIA-TROPICAL - Malesia: Indonesia – Java [possible origin here].

Cultivated: cultivated throughout tropics.

Listing Only: Liquido et al. 1994 (note, though, that this paper includes the comment: “R. Drew [Queensland Dept. of Primary Industries, personal communication] contends that this is an erroneous record, probably based on misidentification of B. dorsalis ”); White and Elson-Harris 1992 (“a doubtful record”); Vijaysegaran 1991; Yunus and Ho 1980.