Evergreen tree up to 15 m high with fine, hairy leaves. Deciduous when temperatures fall below 12 degrees.
Keep evenly damp in summer. Not too dry in winter. Humidity approx. 70%
Cut the bilimbi into slices, mix with sugar and salt to make a thick liquid, bring to the boil and fill into glasses. This food is called Taling Pling.
Sulawesi, Maluku Islands
Wood sorrel family (Oxalidaceae)
Flora Toskana
Keep evenly damp in summer. Not too dry in winter. Humidity approx. 70%
Cut the bilimbi into slices, mix with sugar and salt to make a thick liquid, bring to the boil and fill into glasses. This food is called Taling Pling.
Averrhoa bilimbi
