Averrhoa
L.
Trees or shrubs. Leaflets subopposite, subsessile, entire. Panicles axillary or
cauliflorous. Flowers in scattered, stalked loose cymes. Stamens 10, outer 5 short, inner
5 long, sometimes only 5 fertile. Disk absent, berries with acute or obtusely angled
ridges; seeds arillate or exarillate.
KEY TO THE SPECIES
| 1a. Leaflets 4 or 5 pairs; panicles axillary, petals less than 5 mm long; berry with acutely angled ridges | 2. Averrhoa carambola |
| b. Leaflets 5 - 17 pairs; panicles cauliflorous, petals more than 5 mm long; berry with obtusely angled ridges | 1. Averrhoa bilimbi |
