Bilimbi, Cucumber tree fruit, TREE SORREL "KAMYAS" #shorts
0Averrhoa bilimbi (commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel) 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 Americas. It bears edible extremely sour fruits. It is a close relative of the carambola tree.
Averrhoa bilimbi is a small tropical tree reaching up to 15m in height. It is often multitrunked, quickly dividing into ramifications. Bilimbi leaves are alternate, pinnate, measuring approximately 30–60 cm in length. Each leaf contains 11-37 leaflets; ovate to oblong, 2–10 cm long and 1–2 cm wide and cluster at branch extremities.The leaves are quite similar to those of the Otaheite gooseberry. The tree is cauliflorous with 18–68 flowers in panicles that form on the trunk and other branches. The flowers are heterotristylous, borne in a pendulous panicle inflorescence. There flower is fragrant, corolla of 5 petals 10–30 mm long, yellowish green to reddish purple.
The fruit is ellipsoidal, elongated, measuring about 4 – 10 cm and sometimes faintly 5-angled.The skin, smooth to slightly bumpy, thin and waxy turning from light green to yellowish-green when ripe.The flesh is crisp and the juice is sour and extremely acidic and therefore not typically consumed as fresh fruit by itself.
Averrhoa Bilimbi
Cucumber tree fruit
Bilimbi
Kamyas
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Tree Sorrel
Cucumber tree
Kamias