Averrhoa carambola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Oxalidales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Oxalidales

Familia: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Averrhoa
Species:

Averrhoa carambola L., Sp. Pl.: 428 (1753).

Heterotypic
- Averrhoa acutangula Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 543 (1812).
- Averrhoa pentandra Blanco, Fl. Filip., 392 (1837).
- Connaropsis philippica Fern.-Vill., Fl. Filip. (Blanco) ed. vol. 3, app. 33 (1880).
  - Sarcotheca philippica (Fern.-Vill.) Hallier f., Meded. Rijks-Herb. 1910: 2 (1910).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa (introduced)
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Gulf of Guinea Islands.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros.
Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced)
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya (introduced).
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam (introduced).
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo (introduced), Jawa, Maluku, Philippines (introduced), Sulawesi.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - Solomon Islands (introduced).
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Samoa.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Society Islands.
- Regional: Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands, Marianas.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil North.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Averrhoa carambola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Averrhoa carambola. Published online. Accessed: 03 October 2024. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Averrhoa carambola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 November 2023. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Averrhoa carambola. Accessed: 03 October 2024.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Averrhoa carambola. Accessed: 2024 October 03.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Averrhoa carambola in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 03-November-24.