Bilimbi [Averrhoa bilimbi]

Fruit plant Averrhoa bilimbi is a small tropical tree reaching up to 15m in height.It is often multitrunked, quickly dividing into ramifications. Bilimbi leaves are alternate and pinnate . Each leaf contains 11-37 leaflets; ovate  and cluster at branch extremities. The leaves are quite similar to those of the Otaheite gooseberry. The tree is cauliflorous with 18–68 flowers in panicles that form on the trunk and other branches. The flowers are heterostylous, borne in a pendulous panicle inflorescence. There flower is fragrant, corolla of 5 petals , yellowish green to reddish purple