Editing Carambola (section)

==Origins and distribution==
{{Main article|Averrhoa carambola}}
[[File:Carambolas765pt.jpg|thumb|Sliced carambolas having 7, 6, and the usual 5 points]]

The [[center of diversity]] and the original range of ''Averrhoa carambola'' is tropical [[Southeast Asia]], where it has been cultivated over centuries.<ref name=jm/><ref name="Gepts">{{cite book |last1=Gepts |first1=Paul |editor1-last=Moore |editor1-first=Paul H. |editor2-last=Ming |editor2-first=Ray |chapter=Tropical environments, biodiversity, and the origins of crops |date=2008 |publisher=Springer |title=Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants |url=https://archive.org/details/genomicstropical00moor_136 |url-access=limited |isbn=9780387712192 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/genomicstropical00moor_136/page/n22 1]-20}}</ref><ref name="Duke">{{cite book |last1=Duke |first1=James A. |last2=duCellier |first2=Judith L. |title=CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops |date=1993 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9780849336201 |pages=59–60}}</ref><ref name="Arora">{{cite book |url=https://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/online_library/publications/pdfs/Diversity_in_Underutilized_Plant_Species_An_Asia-Pacific_Prespective_1938.pdf|last1=Arora |first1=R.K. |title=Diversity in Underutilized Plant Species – An Asia-Pacific Perspective |date=2014 |publisher=Bioversity International |isbn=9789292550073 |page=59}}</ref> It was introduced to the [[Indian Subcontinent]] and [[Sri Lanka]] by [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian]] traders, along with ancient Austronesian [[cultigen]]s like [[langsat]], [[noni]], and [[Santol (fruit)|santol]].<ref name="Blench2009">{{cite book |last1=Blench |first1=Roger |editor1-last=Evans |editor1-first=Bethwyn |chapter=Remapping the Austronesian expansion |date=2009 |publisher=Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University |title=Discovering history through language: Papers in honour of Malcolm Ross |url=http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Austronesian/General/Blench%20Ross%20Festschrift%20paper%20revised.pdf}}</ref> They remain common in those areas and in [[East Asia]] and throughout [[Oceania]] and the [[Pacific Islands]].<ref name=jm/><ref name=cabi/> They are cultivated commercially in [[India]], Southeast Asia, southern [[China]], [[Taiwan]], and 
the southern [[United States]]. They are also grown in [[Central America]], [[South America]], and the U.S. state of [[Hawaii]], [[Caribbean|the Caribbean]], and parts of [[Africa]].<ref name=jm/><ref name=cabi/> They are grown as [[ornamental plant|ornamentals]].<ref name="jm"/> Carambola is considered to be at risk of becoming an [[invasive species]] in many world regions.<ref name=cabi/>