Sour Fruit plant - ID please.

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Aniruddh K Deshpande

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Oct 24, 2010, 10:40:04 AM10/24/10
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Hello Friends,

May I have the identification of this plant. I found this in Mumbai. It has eatable , very sour testing fruits. The fruits are hanging from all over the plant.

Thanks with best regards,

Aniruddh K Deshpande
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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 24, 2010, 10:50:16 AM10/24/10
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... native of Mollucas ... cultivated in our country (popular in western coast cuisine) ... Averrhoa bilimbi
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Vijayadas D

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Oct 24, 2010, 11:03:09 AM10/24/10
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'" Pulinjii " in Malayalam
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Mahadeswara Swamy

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Oct 24, 2010, 11:17:37 AM10/24/10
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Looks like Averrhoa bilimbli (Bilimbi, Cucumber Tree, Tree Sorrel, Kamias, belimbing asam, belimbing buloh).

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Aniruddh

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Oct 24, 2010, 12:49:57 PM10/24/10
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Hello Dinesh, Vijayadas, Mahadeshwara,
Thank you ver much for this very fast identification.

Best regards,
Aniruddh

On Oct 24, 7:50 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ... native of Mollucas ... cultivated in our country (popular in western
> coast cuisine) ... *Averrhoa bilimbi*
> Regards.

arjunan

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Oct 24, 2010, 11:53:35 PM10/24/10
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we put it in fish curry

Vijayadas D

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Oct 25, 2010, 12:07:35 AM10/25/10
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ya, usual practice in south Kerala , for better flavour and taste .Commonly using along with small fishes

Madhuri Pejaver

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Oct 25, 2010, 2:24:37 AM10/25/10
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Is it what is called Bimli  in Kannada
very nice tasty with salt
good pickle and curry can be made
good source of vit C.
madhuri

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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 25, 2010, 2:31:34 AM10/25/10
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... yes, Madhuri ji ... bimli in Kannada. bimbul in Konkani.
Regards.

mani nair

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Oct 25, 2010, 2:34:38 AM10/25/10
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It is the relative of Carambola which we call Kamrak in Marathi.

Regards,

Mani.

Pudji Widodo

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Dec 3, 2010, 7:07:24 AM12/3/10
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Yes Averrhoa bilimbi or in Indonesia we call it belimbing wuluh.

Pudji Widodo
Fakultas Biologi
Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
PURWOKERTO 53122
INDONESIA

On Oct 25, 1:34 pm, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is the relative of Carambola which we call Kamrak in Marathi.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mani.
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > ... yes, Madhuri ji ... bimli in Kannada. bimbul in Konkani.
> > Regards.
>
> > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Madhuri Pejaver <formpeja...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> >> Is it what is called Bimli  in Kannada
> >> very nice tasty with salt
> >> good pickle and curry can be made
> >> good source of vit C.
> >> madhuri
>
> >>  ------------------------------
> >> *From:* Aniruddh K Deshpande <akdso...@gmail.com>
> >> *To:* indian...@googlegroups.com
> >> *Sent:* Sun, 24 October, 2010 8:10:04 PM
>
> >> *Subject:* [efloraofindia:51760] Sour Fruit plant - ID please.
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