Averrhoa

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Read about Averrhoa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Averrhoa (after Ayerrhoes, the Arabian physician). Oxalidaceae. Tropical fruit trees, cultivated in India and China, and sometimes grown under glass for ornament.

Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate; lfts. alternate, ovate- acuminate, entire, stalked, sensitive: fls. borne on the naked sts. and branches, minute, fragrant, rose-colored to reddish purple in axillary or lateral cymes which are often panicle-like; calyx red; corolla campanulate; petals 5. See N. Amer. Fl. 25:57 (1907).

A. Bilimbi, Linn. Cucumber Tree. Bilimbi. Height 20-60 ft.: lfts. usually 31—45 pairs: fls. red, in longer clusters than the above and borne on branchlets from the hard wood: fr. smaller than the Carambola. cucumber-shaped, smooth, green rind, and acid pulp. Extensively cult. in S. Amer. P.M. 15, p. 231. Rheede, Hort. Mal. 3, pl. 45:46. Lam. Encyc. pi. 385.


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