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Bilimbi बिलिम्बी

Averrhoa bilimbi

Sowing months

Jun–Jul

Sunlight

Part sun

Water

Regular

Mature size

5–9 m

First harvest

Fruit year four

Family

Oxalidaceae

Where it grows

ground, terrace

Good for

food

Sow in

monsoon

Care

Fruits on the trunk; do not clean the stem of flowers.

Sour fruit straight off the trunk, in constant supply on the wet coasts.

Growing it

Fruits on the trunk; do not clean the stem of flowers.

What it is for

Pickles and curries; heavy cropper in humid places.