What Is The Scientific Name Of Bilimbi? (ANSWER)
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF BILIMBI – In this topic, we are going to know and identify the scientific name of bilimbi.
Also known as cucumber tree, or tree sorrel or locally kamias, it is a fruit-bearing tree of the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae. It is a close relative of the carambola tree.
It is a small tropical tree native to Malaysia and Indonesia, reaching up to 15 meters in height. It is usually multitrunked, which is quickly divide into ramifications.
Its leaves are alternate and pinnate, which measures at about 30–60 centimeters in length.
Bilimbi possibly originate in Moluccas, Indonesia and is now now cultivated and found throughout Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar and Malaysia.
Outside the Asian continent, the plant is cultivated in Zanzibar. In 1793, it was introduced to Jamaica from Timor and was cultivated throughout Central and South America where it is known as mimbro.
Answer
The binomial name of Bilimbi is Averrhoa bilimbi.
Averrhoa is a genus of trees in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae, The genus was named after r Averroes, a 12th-century astronomer and philosopher from Al-Andalus.
The specific epithet bilimbi is derived from the Konkani term which came from the Malay bĕlimbing.
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