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The tree and fruits have many different names, carambola is the Spanish vernacular name of the tree. [4] In English it is called star fruit, five-corner or carambola, [7] in Malaysia and the Philippines it has numerous names. [5] In Indonesia it is called belimbing, in Tagalog it is called balimbing. The related bilimbi is called kamias in Tagalog.
Carambola before pruning. Carambola after pruning. Carambola, also known as star fruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola, a species of tree native to tropical Southeast Asia. [1][2][3] The edible fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually 5–6). [1] When cut in cross-section, it resembles a star, giving it the name of star ...
Averrhoa bilimbi (commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel[ 2 ]) is a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Averrhoa, family Oxalidaceae. It is believed to be originally native to the Maluku Islands of Indonesia but has naturalized and is common throughout Southeast Asia. It is cultivated in parts of tropical South Asia and the Americas.
In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a ...
Description. The species grows as a dioecious tree to 6–21 m in height, with a 2–5 m bole. The smooth, oval leaves are 12–30 cm long by 4–14 cm wide. The inflorescences of cream to yellow flowers are clustered along the bole and branches. The fruits are berries, 5–6 cm long by 2.3–2.6 cm in diameter, have a star-shaped cross-section ...
Bilimbi (balimbing, bimbli, belimbing, cucumber tree, tree sorrel) -- Averrhoa bilimbi Madras Thorn (Manila Tamarind, Vilayati Ambli in Gujarati, Jungle Jalebi or Ganga Imli in Hindi, रानचिंच (rān chincha) in Marathi, Seeme Hunase in Kannada,సీమ చింతకాయ in Telugu,Kodukkai Puli Maram in Tamil) -- Pithecellobium ...
Orangutans in Suaq Balimbing were recorded to develop a tool kit for use in foraging which consisted of both insect-extraction sticks for use in the hollows of trees and seed-extraction sticks for harvesting seeds from hard-husked fruit. The orangutans adjusted their tools according to the task at hand, and preference was given to oral tool use.
Profession. Poet, novelist. Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera Ignacio[2][note 1] (February 27, 1857 – April 26, 1911) [note 2][3] was a Filipino politician infamous for being a turncoat. He was also a poet and a novelist. [4] His intervention on behalf of the Spanish led to the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato on December 14, 1897, an ...