Northern Calif. By John M. Riley. A medium-sized Asian tree similar to carambola but with fewer branches and longer leaves clustered at the branch tips. They can be used to remove stains from clothing, can be pickled or cooked with sugar. This dense, evergreen tree common in India and China grows to about 20'. Red and white flowers appear on bare branches or at leaf bases.
Fruit has a thin, waxy, green-yellow, yellow or orange skin.
It has a sweet, watery, slightly acid, pleasant tasting pulp that is eaten raw or preserved. Seedlings have been known to bear in 3 years. By Gray Martin. By Donald W. Mitchell. 1979 YB, pp 14-16 Avocado Flower Types.