Averrhoa

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Name (Latin)
Averrhoa
See Also From tracing topical name
Oxalidaceae
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q2697217
Library of congress: sh 94004376
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Business proposal for the commercial cultivation of starfruit (Averrhoa carambola L), 1989.
  • Web. 3(Averrhoa, a genus of East Indian trees, family Oxalidaceae)
  • CAB thesaurus, 1990(Averrhoa; BT Averrhoaceae)
  • Hortus 3(Averrhoa; genus Oxalidaceae; two spp. of evergreen trees of trop. SE Asia)
  • AGROVOC, 1992(Averrhoa; BT Averrhoaceae)
  • Phone call to Dan Nicolson, Smithsonian Institution, 6/14/94(verified that the genus Averrhoa is placed in the family Oxalidaceae for Smithsonian taxonomy; however, noted that there is a development to place this Genus in its own family of Averrhoaceae)
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Wikipedia description:

Averrhoa is a genus of understorey trees in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae. It includes four species native to Maritime Southeast Asia, Java, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, and Sulawesi. The genus is named after Averroes, a 12th-century astronomer and philosopher from Al-Andalus. Two species, the carambola and the bilimbi, are cultivated for their fruits.

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