Canistel is also called eggfruit since the flesh resembles a hard-boiled egg yolk in color and texture. The fruit is usually sweet and some varieties have a musky aroma. The fruit is good eaten fresh or made into delicious eggnog-like milk shakes by blending with milk. The tree seldom grows to more than 25 ft. high. It tolerates poor soils and may even fruit better on thin soils.
Trees are almost always healthy and nearly pest-free.
Fruit production starts in 3 to 6 years from seed and sooner from grafted trees. A tree in a 30-gallon pot at ECHO has produced well for several years. Carambola, Averrhoa carambola. FCFS available . This is one of the most productive fruit trees.