Averrhoa carambola

Fructus Averrhoae carambolae

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Plantae — Angiospermae

Eudicotyledones 
Rosidae 
Ordo : Oxalidales 
Familia : Oxalidaceae 
Genus : Averrhoa 
Species : A. carambola 

Averrhoa carambola 
L.  

Averrhoa carambola (binomen a Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum) est species parvarum arborum fructiferarum praecipue in Cambodia et Laotia sponte crescens, in aliis mundi partibus sub climate tropico humidiori iacentibus culta propter fructum, qui Latinitate communi appellatur seu malum Goënse, Goae in urbe primum Europaeis notum, sive ob formam octangularem prunum stellatum. Fructus interdum dulces edulesque proveniunt, interdum amari, qui cocti aut conditi comeduntur.

Bibliographia

Fontes antiquiores

• Carolus Linnaeus, Species plantarum (Holmiae: impensis L. Salvii, 1753) vol. 1 p. 428 (Latine)
• Garcias ab Orta, Colóquios dos simples e drogas da Índia (1563) colloquium 12; versio Latina 1567 p. 234 "De carambolas"
• Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense (Amstelaedami: Chanquion, 1741-1750) vol. 1 p. 115, tab. 35; cf. E. D. Merrill, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense. Manilae: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, 1917 p. 287

Eruditio recentior

• P. Dasgupta, P. Chakraborty, N. N. Bala, "Averrhoa Carambola: An Updated Review" in International Journal of Pharma Research & Review vol. 2 (2013) pp. 54-63
• Fruit-bearing Forest Trees: technical notes. (FAO Forestry Paper, 34.) Romae: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1982. Textus
• M. Khuzzalaman et al., "Clonal Propagation of Averrhoa carambola Linn. Through Nodal Culture of Mature Tree" in Journal of Biological Science vol. 3 (2003) pp. 1153-1157
• Narmataa Muthu, Su Yin Lee, Kia Kien Phua, Subhash Janardhan Bhore, "Nutritional, Medicinal and Toxicological Attributes of Star-Fruits (Averrhoa carambolaL.): A Review" in Bioinformation vol. 12 (2016) pp. 420-424
• A. Noor Asna, A. Noriham, "Antioxidant Activity and Bioactive Components of Oxalidaceae Fruit Extracts" in Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences vol. 18 (2014) pp. 116 -126

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Averrhoa carambola spectant.

Vide "Averrhoa carambola" apud Vicispecies.