B17
Variety of Starfruit · Averrhoa carambola
Sweet, juicy Malaysian clone with deep-orange flesh.
Also known as: Bumbong 17
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildjuicysweetrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Malaysische Klon-Selektion (B-Serie)
- Breeder
- MARDI (Malaysia)
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 190 g
Description
Fruit
Large fruit with deep-orange skin and sweet, juicy, low-acid flesh.
Growth
Productive tree of the Malaysian B-series, widely planted commercially.
Yield
Consistently high yields.
Notes
Together with B10 a mainstay of Malaysian cultivation.
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