Averrhoa is a genus of trees in the Oxalidaceae

Oxalidaceae

The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, are a small family of eight genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 900 species in the genus Oxalis...

 family

Family

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, of the Oxalidales

Oxalidales

The Oxalidales are an order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of eudicots. The following families are typically placed here:* Family Brunelliaceae* Family Cephalotaceae * Family Connaraceae...

 order

Order (biology)

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, named after Averroes

Averroes

' , better known just as Ibn Rushd , and in European literature as Averroes , was a Muslim polymath; a master of Aristotelian philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Islamic theology, Maliki law and jurisprudence, logic, psychology, politics, Arabic music theory, and the sciences of medicine, astronomy,...

 - a 12th century astronomer

Astronomer

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 and philosopher from Al-Andalus.

Selected species

The genus comprises about a dozen species, of which two, the carambola

Carambola

Carambola, also known as starfruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The fruit is a popular food throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and parts of East Asia...

 and the bilimbi

Bilimbi

Averrhoa bilimbi is a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Averrhoa, family Oxalidaceae. It is a close relative of the carambola.-Nomenclature:...

, are cultivated for their fruits : 

Averrhoa bilimbi L. -- Bilimbi

Averrhoa carambola

Averrhoa carambola

Averrhoa carambola is a species of woody plant in the family Oxalidaceae; it has a number of common names including Carambola and Starfruit....

L. -- Starfruit or Carambola

Averrhoa dolichocarpa Rugayah & Sunarti

Averrhoa leucopetala Rugayah & Sunarti

Averrhoa microphylla Tardieu

Averrhoa minima Perr.

Averrhoa sinica Hance Starfruit are generally known as one of the shyest trees that exist in the southern hemisphere. Starfruit recoil from light if it becomes excessive.

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