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Tropical tree..
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bonitin
May 20, 2015 6:09 AM CST
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Name: Myriam Vandenberghe
Ghent, Belgium (Zone 8a)
..in a front yard in Rio de Janeiro
Star Fruit (
Averrhoa carambola
)
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bonitin
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Metrosideros
May 21, 2015 3:32 PM CST
Name: Dave Paul
Puna, HI (Zone 10b)
Live in a rainforest, get wet feet.
That looks like
Averrhoa carambola
, Star Fruit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/...
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/new...
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plantladylin
May 21, 2015 6:48 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
I agree!
Star Fruit (
Averrhoa carambola
)
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!
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bonitin
May 22, 2015 12:08 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Myriam Vandenberghe
Ghent, Belgium (Zone 8a)
Dave and Lin
Interesting to see the tree where the pretty Starfruit comes from!
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plantladylin
May 22, 2015 8:59 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
The thanks for identifying goes to Dave!
I was a little late to the party but I recognized that tree because I've seen it's growing in south Florida.
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!
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Dave and Lin
I was a little late to the party but I recognized that tree because I've seen it's growing in south Florida. 
