Plant Details

Accepted name:: Averrhoa bilimbi L. [Oxalidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asam belimbing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
balimbing	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
belambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
belimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
belimbing	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
belimbing asam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
belimbing besi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
belimbing buluh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
belimbing masam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
belimbing sayur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
belimbing tunjuk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
belimbing wuluh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bilamba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilambi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilibili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilimbi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bilimbing	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilimpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilin	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
biling	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bilumbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bimbli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bimbling plum	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bimbuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blim-blim	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blimbling	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
camias	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cháng yè yáng táo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cucumber tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gommareku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hú guā shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ilimbai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamaranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamias	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kariccakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karmaranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
koccit tamarattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koch-chit-tamarttai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
merenang tunjuk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mimbro	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
mù hú guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pilimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pilimpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulasukaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puli-c-cankay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puliccakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puliccakkaymaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulich-chakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulichai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulichakkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pulusukaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tree sorrel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vilimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilumbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilumpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wilamju	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wilumpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
බිලිං	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
木胡瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
胡瓜树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
长叶阳桃	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, flowers, fruits		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit, flower		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Averrhoa abtusangulata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 542 (1812).
Averrhoa bilimbi f. papuana R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 130: 418 (1930).
Averrhoa obtusangula Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 542 (1812).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Averrhoa belimbi	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Averrhoa belimbi L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Averrhoa belimbi Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Averrhoa bilimbi	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Averrhoa bilimbi L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Averrhoa bilimbi Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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