The genus comprises about a dozen species, of which two, the carambola and the bilimbi, are cultivated for their fruits : Averrhoa bilimbiL.-- Bilimbi Averrhoa carambolaL.-- Starfruit or carambola Averrhoa dolichocarpaRugayah & Sunarti Averrhoa leucopetalaRugayah & Sunarti Averrhoa microphyllaTardieu Averrhoa minimaPerr. Averrhoa sinicaHance
^Umberto Quattrocchi (29 November 1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 241. ISBN978-0-8493-2673-8.
averrhoa, genus, trees, family, oxalidaceae, order, oxalidales, named, after, averroes, 12th, century, astronomer, philosopher, from, andalus, bilimbi, scientific, classification, kingdom, plantae, clade, tracheophytes, clade, angiosperms, clade, eudicots, cla. Averrhoa is a genus of trees in the family Oxalidaceae of the order Oxalidales named after Averroes a 12th century astronomer and philosopher from Al Andalus 1 Averrhoa Averrhoa bilimbi Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Rosids Order Oxalidales Family Oxalidaceae Genus AverrhoaL Species See textSelected species editThe 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 amp Sunarti Averrhoa leucopetala Rugayah amp Sunarti Averrhoa microphylla Tardieu Averrhoa minima Perr Averrhoa sinica Hance List source 2 References edit Umberto Quattrocchi 29 November 1999 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names Common Names Scientific Names Eponyms Synonyms and Etymology CRC Press p 241 ISBN 978 0 8493 2673 8 Query Results for Genus Averrhoa International Plant Names Index Retrieved February 5 2010 nbsp This Oxalidales article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Averrhoa amp oldid 1180027895, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
