Organic Carambola Seeds / Averrhoa carambola

As one of the world’s most popular commodities, it is grown commercially throughout South America. Commercial growth focuses on quick production and larger beans and so plants are placed in full sun and watered extensively.

A large shrub, originally native to montane forests in the Andes of South America, but now widely cultivated for its delicious fruits, which, under a thin, green peel, has very sweet, soft, white, custard-like flesh that can be scooped out with a spoon.

Much grown in the tropics for its delicious fruits. In this country it is grown for interest and as a foliage plant as it has large, handsome leaves. The leaves can be used for wrapping round pieces of tough meat with the object of tenderising them.

This is a perennial plant of the pumpkin family, which is why it is also called ivy pumpkin, but the fruits are more like cucumbers, grows very quickly, begins to bloom and bear fruit in the second year.

Auberine Bellezza Nera is a traditional Italian, large oval to round, darkly coloured fruits with excellent flavour and texture, an essential ingredient in many Italian and Greek dishes. Best grown in a greenhouse or frame.

Early ripening variety (105 days). The plant is strong, up to 80 cm high. Fruits are round, pink-green in blue stripes, weighing up to 150 grams. The flesh is pink, sweet, juicy. Ideal for preservation and exotic salad.

This is an excellent variety with an outstanding tropical fruit taste, the height of the bush is 50cm, it is easy to grow, produces high yields of orange-yellow thick-walled fruits of medium size, good shape.

The variety is early, tall, very productive, with good fruits that set in the hot summer. Bush 1.5 meters high. The fruits are oval, red in color, dense, sweet and sour, aromatic, weighing 15-30 grams.