Common names (English):

Bilimbi, Cucumber tree, Tree Sorrel

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Tree

Distribution:

Native of Malaysia.

Use: Edible

Description:

Tree, 6 - 10 m tall. Leaves usually terminally tufted; leaflets 5-19 pairs. Panicles cauliflorous from tubercles on main trunk to ground level and on main leafless branches, fascicled and pendulous. Flowers pink. Fruits cylindric, obtuse, obtusely angled, to 10 x 5 cm.

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