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Averrhoa bilimbi (commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel [2]) is a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Averrhoa, family Oxalidaceae. It is believed to be originally native to the Maluku Islands of Indonesia but has naturalized and is common throughout Southeast Asia. It is cultivated in parts of tropical South Asia and the ...
Averrhoa carambola is a species of tree in the family Oxalidaceae native to tropical Southeast Asia; [1] it has a number of common names, including carambola, star fruit and five-corner. [2] It is a small tree or shrub that grows 5 to 12 m (16 to 39 ft) tall, with rose to red-purple flowers.
Carambola, also known as star fruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to tropical Southeast Asia. [1] [2] [3] The edible fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually 5–6). [1] When cut in cross-section, it resembles a star, giving it the name of star fruit.
Averrhoa is a genus of trees in the family Oxalidaceae. It includes five species native to Java, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Sulawesi, and Vietnam. [1] The genus is named after Averroes, a 12th-century astronomer and philosopher from Al-Andalus. [2] Two species, the carambola and the bilimbi, are cultivated for their fruits.
Cucumber tree (or cucumbertree) is a common name for several unrelated trees and may refer to: . Averrhoa bilimbi, native to South-east Asia; Dendrosicyos socotranus, native to the island of Socotra.
Bilimbi (balimbing, bimbli, belimbing, cucumber tree, tree sorrel) -- Averrhoa bilimbi Madras Thorn (Manila Tamarind, Vilayati Ambli in Gujarati, Jungle Jalebi or Ganga Imli in Hindi, रानचिंच (rān chincha) in Marathi, Seeme Hunase in Kannada,సీమ చింతకాయ in Telugu,Kodukkai Puli Maram in Tamil) -- Pithecellobium ...
Reichenbach had attempted to use it for what is now known as the Bilimbi or Cucumber tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), but this usage was never validly published under botanical nomenclature rules. [3] The genus Bilimbia as defined by De Notaris in 1846 included two species, B. hexamera and B. tetramera. [4]
The genus Averrhoa of which starfruit is a member, is usually included in this family (e.g. APG IV, 2016), but some botanists place it in a separate family Averrhoaceae. Oxalidaceae Biophytum