Averrhoa bilimbi (commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel) is a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Averrhoa, family Oxalidaceae. It is a close relative of the carambola tree.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Averrhoa bilimbi across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
🍽 Used in cooking
Compound class profile5 classes
Sphingoid bases4
Primary amides3
Fatty alcohols2
Fatty aldehydes2
Flavones1
Documented compounds41 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
WATER
947,000 ppm
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CARBOHYDRATES
840,000 ppm
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PROTEIN
138,000 ppm
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FIBER
103,450 ppm
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ASH
68,965 ppm
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FAT
40,000 ppm
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POTASSIUM
17,333 ppm
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ASCORBIC-ACID
4,665 ppm
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KILOCALORIES
3,600 ppm
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PHOSPHORUS
1,915 ppm
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05DNA & barcoding5 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Averrhoa bilimbi has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections5
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK1★rbcL4★ITS5
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAverrhoa bilimbi carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 528≤1 km 156≤10 km 88>10 km 61
833 georeferenced · 267 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 100
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy71% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤1 km 7≤10 km 4
14 georeferenced · 237 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence251
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 7 records without
Open the mapnot free-living7
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions23 of 57 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
13
Salvador, BR
10
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
8
Bronx, US
8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
MeiseBGlocation not on record
6
Kew, GB
5
Fort Worth, US
4
UEPAlocation not on record
4
UFBAlocation not on record
4
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
3
St. Augustine, TT
3
Baroda, IN
3
Taipei, TW
3
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
2
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
2
UFSClocation not on record
2
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
2
Claremont, US
2
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
2
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
2
Auckland, NZ
2
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
2
Seychelles National Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Berlin, DE
2
Honolulu, US
2
Miami, US
2
Yaoundé, CM
1
Cuiabá, BR
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
CEPLAClocation not on record
1
Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record
1
Pondicherry, IN
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
León, NI
1
Masindi, UG
1
LDlocation not on record
1
JEPSlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record
1
UFPIlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
JBRJlocation not on record
1
Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record
1
Kensington, AU
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
1
Brasília, BR
1
Montréal, CA
1
CMULlocation not on record
1
BISHlocation not on record
1
Gump Stationlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record
1
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
1
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record
1
57 institutions · 137 of 251 vouchered records shown · 114 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Averrhoa bilimbi was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found5
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation19 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 360 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗