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.
The genus comprises about a dozen species, of which two, the carambola and the bilimbi, are cultivated for their fruits : Averrhoa bilimbiL.-- Bilimbi Averrhoa carambolaL.-- Starfruit or Carambola Averrhoa dolichocarpaRugayah & Sunarti Averrhoa leucopetalaRugayah & Sunarti Averrhoa microphyllaTardieu Averrhoa minimaPerr. Averrhoa sinicaHance