🔴 Averrhoa bilimbi

Traditional Herbs from Averrhoa bilimbi

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• Prepare 10 g starfruit flowers, 5 g rock sugar, 500 ml water, 2 tablespoons honey (can be omitted).
• Wash the starfruit flowers clean then put them in a container, add rock sugar.
• Heat a small steamer then cook the flowers for 25 minutes. Once boiling, remove from heat and strain while pressing so that the juice comes out.
• Drink 3 times a day.

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• Prepare 15 g of starfruit flowers, 20 g of galangal (bruised), 4 pieces of cardamom.
• Wash all the ingredients, boil in 600 ml of water until 200 ml of water remains, strain.
• Drink warm.

What is Averrhoa bilimbi Looks like??

Parts of Averrhoa bilimbi that could be used

• Leaves
• Flowers
• Fruits

Averrhoa bilimbi Distribution

Star fruit comes from Indonesia (Maluku Islands), India and Sri Lanka and is found in Southeast Asia, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Peru, Ghana, Guyana, Tonga and Polynesia. This plant is grown commercially in the United States, namely in South Florida and Hawaii because it has many benefits. Generally, fruit is used to add sour taste to cooking. Apart from that, starfruit is efficacious as a traditional medicine.
Agroecology of Averrhoa bilimbi
This plant grows in the lowlands at an altitude of up to 500 m above sea level. Likes places that are not shaded and quite damp.
Morphology of Averrhoa bilimbi

• Stems are wavy and uneven.
• Leaves\u00a0compound 30-60 cm long with 11-45 pairs of leaflets, green, short stems, ovate to oval shape with slightly pointed tip, rounded base.
• Flowers compound, arranged in panicles, emerging from the stem.
• The fruit is an oval-shaped buni 4-6 cm long, yellowish green in color, and juicy.

Cultivation of Averrhoa bilimbi

• Generative (seed) and vegetative propagation (cuttings, grafts, grafting).
• Plant the seeds in holes with a diameter of about 25 cm and a depth of about 30-40 cm.

Averrhoa bilimbi, more details :

Chemical Content of Averrhoa bilimbi
Formic acid, glucosides, peroxides, tannins, saponins, amino acids, citric acid, phenolic compounds, cyaniding 3-o-h-D-gluosude, flavonoids, triterpenoids, oxalic acid.
Benefits of Averrhoa bilimbi
Treats coughs, colds, fever, flu, insect bite infections, mumps, diabetes, overcomes allergies and tinea versicolor, eliminates bad breath (halitosis), cures rheumatism, canker sores, acne, high blood pressure and toothache.
Simplisia of Averrhoa bilimbi

Another Facts for Averrhoa bilimbi :

Synonym of Averrhoa bilimbi
Averrhoa obtusangula Stokes
Habitus of Averrhoa bilimbi
Tree. Annual tree, up to 10 m high
Habitat of Averrhoa bilimbi

• Forest