Scientific Name: Averrhoa carambola
Common Name: Star Fruit
Domain - Eukarya
Kingdom - Plantae
Phylum - Tracheophyta
Class - Magnoliopsida
Order - Oxalidales
Family - Oxalidaceae
Genus -
Averrhoa
Species -
Averrhoa carambola
Domain:Averrhoa
carambola is a multicultural eukaryotic organism. Kingdom:Averrhoa carambola is
non-motile, it contains a cell wall made of mostly cellulose, and uses photosynthesis and is therefore part of the Plantae
kingdom.
Phylum:Averrhoa carambola has
conducting tubes called tracheae for transporting water and
nutrients, which makes it part of the Tracheophyta phylum. Class:Averrhoa carambola is an
evergreen, and its flowers have a well developed perianths, which makes it part
of the Magnoliopsida class. Order:Averrhoa carambola leaves have
a spiral arrangement, and it is a wood sorrel which makes it part of the
Oxalidales order. Family:Averrhoa carambola’s leaves
alternate, and fold inward at night. Their flowers also have
five pedals and sepals, which makes it belong to the Oxalidaceae
order. Genus:Averrhoa carambola has pinnate
leaves, and is native to the East Indies which makes it part of the genus
Averrhoa.
Phylogenetic tree:
This phylogenetic tree was constructed using the Angiosperm Phylogeny Based
on matK Sequencing Information. Plasmid matK gene sequences for 374 genera
representing all angiosperm orders and 12 genera of gymnosperms were analyzed
using parsimony (MP) and Bayesian inference (BI) approaches. It shows that
Averrhoa carambola and Averrhoa bilimbi are both from the genus
Averrhoa. Averrhoa carambola has pinnate leaves and produces a fruit
that is much sweeter than the fruit from Averrhoa bilimbi tree.
Averrhoa carambola is also a shorter tree, with a lighter red colored
flower compared to the dark red color of Averrhoa bilimbi's flowers.
