Trees & Plants

Bilimbi

Bilamagu, Bilimagu

Averrhoa bilimbi L.

Common in homesteads The fruit is used for making pickles and fish curry. It is also eaten raw with salt and spice. Overuse of the fruit may cause renal failure as it contains high levels of oxalate. The leaf paste is used to treat itches, swelling, rheumatism, mumps or skin erup

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uses: The fruit is used for making pickles and fish curry. It is also eaten raw with salt and spice. Overuse of the fruit may cause renal failure as it contains high levels of oxalate. The leaf paste is used to treat itches, swelling, rheumatism, mumps or skin eruptions. Fermented or fresh leaves are also used as a remedy for venereal diseases. The fruits are often employed to clean kris blades. Red flowers are ingredient of a natural red dye used in traditional textiles. to in
family: Oxalidaceae
synonym: Averrhoa abtusangulata Stokes
description: Trees, to 6 m high; branchlets hispid. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; × leaflets 11-35, subopposite, 4-7 1.5-2 cm, oblong, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, base subtruncate, apex acuminate, glabrescent above, pubescent beneath, membranous, lateral nerves 5-10 pairs; rachis 17-57 cm of long, stout, tomentose, swollen at the base. Flowers bisexual, reddish-brown, in densely clustered cauliflorus panicles; pedicel to 8 mm, articulated. Sepals 5, free, oblong, subequal. Petals 5. Stamens 10, in 2 unequal × rows. Fruit a berry, 3-5 0.3 cm, oblong, greenish, with obtuse ridges; seeds up to 14.
native range: Malaysia
distribution: Introduced and cultivated in several tropical countries NARAHDISAS .N/OAF .P/OAF
english names: Bilimbi · Cucumber tree · Tree Sorrel · Belimbing buloh
flowering fruiting: March – May
occurrence maldives: Common in homesteads