Carambola it shares some common names. It is also called "star fruit" in English (including Jamaican English and Philippine English) and literally translates into "Stjernefrugt" in Danish, "Sternfrucht" in German, and "Stjärnfrukt" in Swedish. In Spanish, it is known as "carambola", "carambolo", "tamarindo chino", "tamarindo culí", "balimbín" (Philippine Spanish, from Tagalog "balimbing", plural is "balimbines"), and "fruta china" (Ecuador). In maritime Southeast Asia, it is known as "belimbing" in Indonesian and Malay and "balimbíng" or "saranate" in Tagalog. Carambola Carambola, or star fruit, is the fruit of "Averrhoa carambola", a species of tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and throughout Malesia.
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