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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 [ citation needed ] but has naturalized and is common throughout Southeast Asia .
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.
Like the bilimbi, the juice of the more acidic sour types can be used to clean rusty or tarnished metal (especially brass) as well as bleach rust stains from cloth. They may also be used as a mordant in dyeing. [1] The farming video game Stardew Valley allows the player to cultivate and grow carambola, [27] in this setting known as "starfruit ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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
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]