Averrhoa
| Averrhoa | |
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| Averrhoa bilimbi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Oxalidaceae |
| Genus: |
Averrhoa L. |
| Species | |
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Averrhoa is a genus of trees in the Oxalidaceae family, of the Oxalidales order, named after Averroes, a 12th-century astronomer and philosopher from Al-Andalus.
The genus comprises about a dozen species, of which two, the carambola and the bilimbi, are cultivated for their fruits :
Averrhoa bilimbi L. -- Bilimbi
Averrhoa carambola L. -- Starfruit or Carambola
Averrhoa dolichocarpa Rugayah & Sunarti
Averrhoa leucopetala Rugayah & Sunarti
Averrhoa microphylla Tardieu
Averrhoa minima Perr.
Averrhoa sinica Hance
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