ʻO ka hua hōkū, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka carambola, he hua ʻano hoku maoli me ka ʻono ʻono akā ʻawaʻawa. No ka Malay Peninsula ka hua, ua ulu ʻia ma kekahi mau wahi o Asia Hikina Hema, nā mokupuni Pākīpika, a me Kina.
ʻOiai ua nui ka hua, ke ʻae ʻia nei ka carambola ma ke ao Komohana. E nānā kākou i nā pono olakino o ka hua hōkū. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka noiʻi e pili ana i ka carambola i kona hiki ke hoʻonui i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka cholesterol "maikaʻi" ʻoiai e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ana i ka cholesterol "ʻino". Ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Carambola i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā ʻāina like ʻole a puni ka honua no nā kūlana like ʻole. ʻO kēia mau mea e pili ana i ka maʻi poʻo, ka ʻōpū, a me ka maʻi moa. No kēia mau kumu, ma ke ʻano he lula, hoʻohana ʻia kahi hui o nā lau, a me ke kumu carambola. ʻO ke kumu o nā huaora, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo A a me C, ua hoʻokumu ka "hua hōkū" iā ia iho he antioxidant, kūpono i ka hakakā ʻana i nā radical manuahi. Hiki i nā huaʻai ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka hana hou ʻana o nā maʻi kanesa. Hoʻonui i ka hoʻomanawanui, hoʻopau i ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻeha. E like me ka mea i hōʻike mua ʻia, loaʻa i nā pua carambola kahi ʻala ʻono, ʻoiai he mau antipyretic a me nā mea expectorant. No laila, hoʻohana ʻia lākou i ka hakakā ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi. Hiki ke kōkua ke aʻa o ka lāʻau carambola no ka ʻeha poʻo a me ka ʻeha ami (arthritis). Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kēia hua ma ka mākeke o kou kūlanakauhale, mai poina ʻoe e kūʻai.