EPPO Global Database

Averrhoa bilimbi(AVRBI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AVRBI
  • Preferred name: Averrhoa bilimbi
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Malesia (Moluccas). Introduced in Bangladesh, China (including Taiwan), Indochina, Brazil (northeast). Leaves and fruits are consumed, and also used medicinally


Common names
Name Language
belimbing English
bilimbi English
blimbe English
blimbing asam English
cucumber tree English
Gurkenbaum German
carambolier bilimbi French
grosella china Spanish
mimbro largo Spanish (ES)
sandillita Spanish (ES)
azedinha Portuguese
bilimbeiro Portuguese
limoeiro-de-Caiena Portuguese
lunão-de-Caiena Portuguese (BR)
sān liǎn Chinese
三敛 Chinese
belimbing buluh Indonesian