Averrhoa bilimbi(english)


CUCUMBER TREE
Other Names: Orkapuli, Pilimbi, Pulinjica, Chemmeenpuli, Chilumpipuli, Kachipuli, Bilimbi
Scientific Name : Averrhoa bilimbi
Family: Oxalidaceae
Habit: Small tree
Habitat: Native to the Moluccas Islands in Indonesia, but found throughout the world. Cultivated in Kerala.
Specialty : Fruit tree. The fruits contain a large amount of oxalic acid.
Ecological Importance:
Usage:
  • Its fruits have sour taste.
  • In southern Kerala, these pods are used as a substitute for Kudambuli and Valanpuli in fish curries and green pickles.
  • Its juice is used to remove stains like rust from clothes. Also the juice  is used to remove the claw from brass vessels.
  • The leaves are ground into a paste and used for skin itching,  swelling, rheumatism, mumps and wounds caused by the bites of poisonous animals.
  • salting the fruit without cutting it, taking a quarter glass of the solution and drinking it every day is good for reducing blood fat. Iron tamarind wine is also good for reducing blood fat. 
  • Cucumber tree is known to be good for lowering blood pressure.
  • Kidney damage has been reported due to the large amount of oxalic acid present in the consumption of bone marrow juice.
TREE
LEAF

FLOWER
FRUITS

KERALA FOREST AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
KOATTAYAM-DIVISION

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