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

🇹🇭 Thailand

Taste & characteristics

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Unusually large fruit with pale-yellow to whitish skin and very juicy, mildly sweet flesh; edible even when green-yellow.

Vigorous, productive tree; popular across Southeast Asia.

High yields, year-round bearing in the tropics.

One of Thailand's most popular sweet fresh-eating cultivars.

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