Fwang Tung
Variety of Starfruit · Averrhoa carambola
Very large, pale-yellow Thai star fruit with mild, sweet, low-acid flavour.
Also known as: Fwang Tong, Wang Tung
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildjuicysweetrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Thailändische Selektion
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 250 g
Description
Fruit
Unusually large fruit with pale-yellow to whitish skin and very juicy, mildly sweet flesh; edible even when green-yellow.
Growth
Vigorous, productive tree; popular across Southeast Asia.
Yield
High yields, year-round bearing in the tropics.
Notes
One of Thailand's most popular sweet fresh-eating cultivars.
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