Taxon:
Averrhoa bilimbi L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:428. 1753
Verified:
01/23/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Averrhoa+bilimbi&quantity=1
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
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- Reitz, R., ed. 1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
- Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: mentions
- Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:96. URL: http://proseanet.org
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
English
bilimbi – bilimbi-tree – cucumber-tree – tree-sorrel – French
zibeline – German
Bilimbibaum – Gurkenbaum – Spanish
bilimbí – grosella China – Swedish
bilimbi –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics |
6 | Other | | | | | origin unknown |
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Other
(origin unknown)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:96. URL: http://proseanet.org |