Averrhoa is a genus of trees in the Oxalidaceae family, of the Oxalidales order, named after Averroes - a 12th-century astronomer and philosopher from Al-Andalus. ==Selected species== The genus comprises about a dozen species, of which two, the carambola and the bilimbi, are cultivated for their fruits : Averrhoa bilimbi L. -- Bilimbi Averrhoa car... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averrhoa