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  2. Chrysophyllum cainito - Wikipedia

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    Chrysophyllum cainito is a tropical tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the Isthmus of Panama, where it was domesticated. [3] It has spread to the Greater Antilles and the West Indies and is now grown throughout the tropics, including Southeast Asia. [4] It grows rapidly and reaches 20 meters in height.

  3. Averrhoa carambola - Wikipedia

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    The tree and fruits have many different names, carambola is the Spanish vernacular name of the tree. [4] In English it is called star fruit, five-corner or carambola, [7] in Malaysia and the Philippines it has numerous names. [5] In Indonesia it is called belimbing, in Tagalog it is called balimbing. The related bilimbi is called kamias in Tagalog.

  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. Gambeya albida - Wikipedia

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    Gambeya albida, commonly known as white star apple, [1] is a forest fruit tree commonly found throughout tropical Africa. [3] It is closely related to the African star apple (Gambeya africana) which is also common throughout West Africa. Some schools of thought feel that they may just be a variety of the same species.

  6. Pouteria caimito - Wikipedia

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    The fruit is known by different regional names in countries of production; in Brazil, it is known as abiu, in Trinidad it is the yellow star apple or caimitt, there are also the purple and green skin caimitt varieties (distinct from the star apple); Colombians know it as the caimo, caimito amarillo (again not to be confused with Chrysophyllum ...

  7. Sapotaceae - Wikipedia

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    The seeds of the tree Sideroxylon spinosum produce an edible oil, traditionally harvested in Morocco. The family name is derived from zapote , a Mexican vernacular name for one of the plants (in turn derived from the Nahuatl tzapotl ) and Latinised by Linnaeus as sapota , a name now treated as a synonym of Manilkara (also formerly known by the ...

  8. Chrysophyllum - Wikipedia

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    Chrysophyllum is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. [2] [3] The genus is native to the tropical Americas, from Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Caribbean. [1] One species, C. oliviforme, extends north to southern Florida. [4] [1]

  9. Gambeya africana - Wikipedia

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    Gambeya africana is a medium-sized species of tree in the family Sapotaceae. Along with the closely related species Gambeya albida , it is sometimes known as African star apple . [ 3 ] Both species have similar leaf indumentum and are widespread in the Lower and Upper Guinea forest mosaic.