very nice, this is new to me... on the net its fruits are described as tree cucumber, and would you know it? they do look ike cucumbers, but pH of the pulp is about 4.47..oxalic acid content... makes for interesting chutney etc...
AND these red flowers are in striking contrast to pink flowers of another Avorrhoea we are all familiar with: the star fruit.. a. carambaola. ONE CAUTION: lectin of carambaola / starfruit makes it a no no for Blood group B folk. Do not have any info on lectins of this A. bilimbi...have not dug far enough in literature today... thanks for showing it, Mohina ji. USha di ========= On Sep 28, 9:44 pm, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mohina, > This is Bimli [Averrhoea bilimbi]. > Regards, > Neil. > > --- On Wed, 9/28/11, Mohina Macker <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Mohina Macker <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:84273] urban tree for id mm1 28092011 > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 5:42 PM > > tree for identification > near laburnum road, gamdevi, mumbai > photographed today > planted by the bmc i guess > flowers were about 15 mm across > regards > mohina macker
