This is quite an amazing fruit. I discovered that it
has scores of names throughout the world, including carambola,
belimbing manis, kamaranga, vinagrillo, zibline, cornichon, and
tiriguro, just to name a few.

This page has a lot of information about the beautiful little stars:
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/carambola.html