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The Cape Gooseberry Carambola

regions:

The carambola is native to Southeast Asia. Today it is cultivated in the tropics.

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This is achieved by a much-branched, small, and relatively slow-growing evergreen tree of a height of up to 10m:

growth. The leaflets are 20 to 50cm long. At night and in abrupt contact with the leaves folded. The fragrant, pink-white flowers appear in clusters from the leaf axils or on leafless branches already.

The star fruit often grows as a shrub-like tree

The fruits have a star-shaped cross section.

location:

summer	The star fruit needs a full sun. It is relatively insensitive to strong winds, as long as it is not hot and dry air is. The position as a container plant is not a problem.
Winter	The starfruit tolerate for a short time temperatures below 0 ° C. The winter quarters should be as bright, with high humidity. Heated living spaces are not recommended.

The compound leaves, up to half a meter long are

cultivation / propagation:

thickness, well-developed seeds suitable for cultivation. If we take the seeds from the fruit, they may be stored in simple replacement storage for several weeks without losing the ability to germinate. The fruits are often offered in the commercial varieties, which contain hardly any seeds. Did you bring access to plant material, good crops, it is advisable to refine his seedlings with it.

carambola - not only decorative but also tasty

substrate:

Slightly acidic soil with clay say to the starfruit. Holding the substrate back too much water or has too high a pH value of the tree tends to chlorosis.

casting:

says a consistently good supply of water to the starfruit. However, make sure that the plant will not be doused.

fertilizing:

Small fertilizer from spring to autumn are recommended. Organic fertilizer is safe even with the star fruit is not a bad choice.

stem of a star fruit

fruiting / harvesting:

flowers can be formed even after 3 years. There are of fruiting varieties, but also those which must be planted in pairs. The oval, greenish-yellow-orange Fruits grow up to 13cm and are heavily ribbed. (Usually 5 ribs, rarely 4 or 6)

fruit use:

The star fruit is certainly one of the most attractive fruits. If you cut it into slices, you get great five-pointed star, which are excellent for decoration. The yellow-orange skin looks as if it had been dipped in wax. Often, rumors, the fruit does not taste good and be used only for decorative purposes, which is not true. Often the problem is simply because the fruit is not ripe are. Once you have harvested a ripe fruit from the tree and eaten, one will disagree. The fruits are then yellow-orange, juicy, sweet and very refreshing. Use the fruit can be processed as fresh fruit, in fruit salads or compotes and they jam. The fruit is rich in potassium, vitamin A and reduces blood sugar levels. The sour juice of unripe fruit can be used for polishing metals and for removing stains.

genus Info:

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Averrhoa bilimbi

bilimbi or cucumber tree or tree called Cucumber. Is common in South Asia and provides slightly ribbed, green, to 8 cm long fruits. These are very acidic.

Text: Dominik re