Cucumber Tree
The bilimbi, Averrhoa bilimbi, L., (Oxalidaceae), is closely allied to the carambola but quite different in appearance, manner of fruiting, flavor and uses. The only strictly English names are "cucumber tree" and "tree sorrel", bestowed by the British in colonial times. "Bilimbi" is the common name in India and has become widely used. In Malaya, it is called belimbing asam, belimbing buloh, b'ling, or billing-billing. In Indonesia, it is belimbing besu, balimbing, blimbing, or blimbing wuluh; in Thailand, it is taling pling, or kaling pring.
In Haiti, it is called blimblin; in Jamaica, bimbling plum; in Cuba, it is grosella china; in El Salvador and Nicaragua, mimbro; in Costa Rica, mimbro or tiriguro; in Venezuela,vinagrillo; in Surinam and Guyana, birambi; in Argentina, pepino de Indias. To the French it is carambolier bilimbi, or cornichon des Indes. Filipinos generally call it kamias but there are about a dozen other native names.
Possibly originating on the Moluccas, Indonesia, the species is cultivated or found semi-wild throughout Indonesia,the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma). It is common in other Southeast Asian countries. In India, where it is usually found in gardens, the bilimbi has gone wild in the warmest regions of the country.
It is known as many different names in parts of Kerala. Irumban puli, Ilimbi, Ilumbanpuli, Chemmeen puli and Keerichakka are some among them. It is used to make squash, jam, pickles or added to fish curries.
www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/bilimbi.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averrhoa_bilimbi
www.hear.org/pier/species/averrhoa_bilimbi.htm
Taken at Kudayathoor, Kerala, India