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Taxon

Averrhoa bilimbi L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 428. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Averrhoa bilimbi--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Averrhoa bilimbi--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Averrhoa bilimbi--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Averrhoa bilimbi--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Averrhoa bilimbi--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 003.jpg

Averrhoa bilimbi--Costa Rica. Wilson Garden. 25 Feb 02. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Averrhoa bilimbi--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 121.jpg

Averrhoa bilimbi--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 121.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Averrhoa bilimbi--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 123.jpg

Averrhoa bilimbi--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 123.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Averrhoa bilimbi--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 124.jpg

Averrhoa bilimbi--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 124.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Averrhoa bilimbi--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 122.jpg

Averrhoa bilimbi--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 122.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Maluku, Sulawesi; introduced into Assam, Bangladesh, Brazil Northeast, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Comoros, El Salvador, India, Laos, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

February 25, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, San José (Vázquez de Coronado Canton, Dulce Nombre de Jesús)

10.136111, -83.971944

Location Remarks

Puntar Los Charcos de Osa

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

March 14, 2005

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Oxalidales

Family

Oxalidaceae

Genus

Averrhoa

Specific Epithet

bilimbi

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#89,119 of 335,497

Top 27%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →