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  2. Averrhoa carambola - Wikipedia

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    Averrhoa carambola is a species of tree in the family Oxalidaceae native to tropical Southeast Asia; [1] it has a number of common names, including carambola, star fruit and five-corner. [2] It is a small tree or shrub that grows 5 to 12 m (16 to 39 ft) tall, with rose to red-purple flowers.

  3. Pouteria caimito - Wikipedia

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    Pouteria caimito, the abiu (Portuguese pronunciation:), is a tropical fruit tree originating in the Amazonian region of South America, and this type of fruit can also be found in the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia. It grows to an average of 10 metres (33 feet) high, with ovoid fruits.

  4. Carambola - Wikipedia

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    Carambola, also known as star fruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to tropical Southeast Asia. [1] [2] [3] The edible fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually 5–6). [1] When cut in cross-section, it resembles a star, giving it the name of star fruit.

  5. List of Bohol flora and fauna - Wikipedia

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    Scientists believe that the floral and faunal biodiversity unique to the Philippines is caused by the Ice Age. [2] They also believe that the country has the most severely endangered plant and animal communities on earth. [3] Bohol is an island province in the Philippines and its 10th largest island. It is located in the Central Visayas region ...

  6. List of edible cacti - Wikipedia

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    Prickly pear fruit for sale at a market, Zacatecas, Mexico. This is a list [1] of edible plants in the family Cactaceae. Acanthocereus tetragonus, the sword pear, Browningia candelaris, [2] Carnegiea gigantea, the Saguaro, Cereus repandus - California and Florida; genus Corryocactus (also known as Erdisia), the tasty berrylike

  7. List of culinary fruits - Wikipedia

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    The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were ...

  8. Borassus flabellifer - Wikipedia

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    The fruit (palmyra fruit) measures 10 cm (3.9 in) to 18 cm (7.1 in) in diameter, has a black husk, and is borne in clusters. The top portion of the fruit must be cut off to reveal the sweet jelly seed sockets, translucent pale-white, similar to that of the lychee but with a milder flavor and no pit.

  9. Syzygium samarangense - Wikipedia

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    They form in panicles of between three and 30 near branch tips. The resulting fruit is a bell-shaped, edible berry, with colors ranging from white, pale green, or green to red, purple, or crimson, to deep purple or even black. The fruit grows 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in) long in wild plants, and has four fleshy calyx lobes at the tip. The skin is ...