Description

Star Fruit has an unusual shape, which resembles a five-pointed star when sliced.

Star fruit is a small, slow-growing evergreen perennial tree in the Oxalidaceae family. It has a lot of branches and the young plant has the shape of a pyramid. The leaf is small and oval in shape. The upper surface of the leaf is smooth and is yellowish-green in color.

The fruits are oval and its cross-cut will give a star shape.

Common Name	Foreign peach, Carambola, Five corners, Star fruit, Kamrakh
Maximum Reachable Height	16 -39 feet
Flower Colour	Pink
Bloom Time	Winter
Difficulty Level	Easy to grow

Star Fruit Care

Keep the plant in natural indirect bright Light.
Poke your finger/plain small stick into the soil to check the moisture.
Water when topsoil (1-2inches) feels dry to touch.
Do not re-pot for min. 2 weeks after receiving it.

Sunlight	More than 6 hours of direct bright sunlight a day.
Watering	Before water poke your finger/plain small stick into the soil to check the moisture. Water when topsoil (1-2 inches) feels dry to touch. Water thoroughly in the summer and reduce watering in winter and rainy season.
Soil	The soil should be well-drained and fertile, rich in organic content for growing plants. Grow well in the pH range of 6.5 to 7.5
Temperature	25 to 35 degrees C
Fertilizer	During the main growing season (June-July) feed the plant with organic fertilizer.

Medicinal Use:

Starfruit is a good source of vitamin-A, vitamin-C, and B-complex
Note- Please consults your health advisor before application or consuming of plants or plant parts

Culinary Use:

Sweet fruits can be eaten fresh and sour fruits can be used for making pickling or a substitute for tamarind
Note- Please consults your health advisor before application or consuming of plants or plant parts

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Shiping & Delivery

Door Step Delivery

All orders are delivered door-to-door free of charge. Our courier services reach all most all parts of India, however, in rare cases, if the parcel service is not available in one’s area, the customer has to collect the package from the nearest collection point of the delivery company.

Safe Packing

We give the utmost care and love while packing the plant for you, from the first step of taking the plant until the package reaches your doorstep.

Cash On Delivery

We do not accept cash on delivery for plants, since it will take at least 15 days to reach the plants back to the nursery once the customer rejects to take the order. Because of the delay, the plant may be permanently damaged or completely lost. We accept cash on deliveries for seeds, grow pots, fertilizers, soil etc..

Refund Policy

No refund is allowed. However, the fault is from our end such as defective / wrong / missing products or damage caused during shipment, please do let us know at the earliest. You can write to us at care@greensofkerala.com or call us on +91 9746 999 125. We suggest taking a video / picture of unboxing the parcel, this will smoothen the replacement process and also helps us to understand the various kinds of damages caused by our courier vendors.

If the receiver is not ready to accept the delivery or absent at the time of delivery, leads to no refund policy.