Oxalidaceae
Bilimbi
Averrhoa bilimbi
- Family
- Oxalidaceae
- Genus
- Averrhoa
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Common names
By language (48)
- ace
- Seulimèng
- Arabic
- رشدية بليمبية
- arz
- رشديه بليمبيه
- Assamese
- বিলম্বি টেঙা
- ban
- Belimbing wuluh
- Bangla
- বিলিম্বি, বেলেম্বু
- bik
- Iba
- bjn
- Balimbing tunjuk
- Catalan
- Bilimbi, Cogombret àcid
- Chinese
- 三敛, 三斂, 木胡瓜
- Divehi
- ބިލިމަގު
- dtp
- Tulod-ulod
- Dutch
- Blimbing, Belimbing, Bilimbi, Bilimbing, Blimbing asem, Blimbing woeloeh, Zure blimbing
- English
- Bilimbi, Cucumber tree, Tree sorrel
- Estonian
- Bilimbi
- Filipino
- Kamias, Kalamias, Kalamyas, Kamyas
- French
- Bilimbi, Arbre à cornichons
- German
- Gurkenbaum, Bilimbi
- gor
- Lembetu'e
- Greek
- Μπιλίμπι, Αβερόη η αμβλυγώνιος, Αγγουρόδεντρο, Μίμπρο
- Haitian Creole
- Blenblen
- Indonesian
- Belimbing sayur, Belimbing asam, Belimbing besi, Belimbing botol, Belimbing buluh, Belimbing wuluh, Buah belimbing buluh
- Japanese
- ナガバノゴレンシ, ビリンビ
- Javanese
- Blimbing wuluh
- koi
- Билимби
- Korean
- 빌림비
- kv
- Билимби
- lbe
- Билимби
- mad
- Bhlimbhing bulu, Bhing bulu, Dhing bulu
- Malay
- Belimbing buluh, Pokok Belimbing Buluh
- Malayalam
- ഇലുമ്പി, Bilimbi, ഇരുമ്പാമ്പുളി, ഇരുമ്പൻ പുളി, ഇരുമ്പൻപുളി, ഇലിമ്പൻ പുളി, ഇലുമ്പൻ പുളി, ഓർക്കാപുളി
- min
- Asam sewah
- mrj
- Билимби
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bilimbi
- pam
- Balimbing
- Persian
- بیلیمبی
- Polish
- Oskomian bilimbi
- Portuguese
- Bilimbi, Bilimbim, Biri-biri, Biribiri, Limão Caiena, Limão-da-Índia, Limão-de-Caiena
- Russian
- Билимби
- Sinhala
- බිලිං
- Sundanese
- Calingcing
- Swahili
- Mbilimbi, Mbirimbi
- Tamil
- விளி
- tcy
- ಬಿಂಬುಳಿ
- Telugu
- దోసచెట్టు, బిలింబి దోశ, బిలింబి దోస
- Thai
- ตะลิงปลิง
- udm
- Билимби
- Ukrainian
- Білімбі
Synonyms
- Averrhoa abtusangulata Stokes
- Averrhoa bilimbi f. papuana R.Knuth
- Averrhoa obtusangula Stokes
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July, September to February (from 52 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: libby hepburn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: przese, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: monkeyjodey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gannu03, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.