This plant is a small tree growing to a height of 6 meters or less. The leaves are pinnate, about 15 centimeters long. The leaflets are quite smooth. There are usually 5 pairs of leaflets which are ovate to ovate-lanceolate, the upper ones about 5 centimeters long and the lower ones smaller. The panicles are small, auxiliary and somewhat bell-shaped 5 to 6 millimeters long. The calyx is reddish purple. The petals are purple to rather bright purple, often margined with white. The fruit is fleshy green or greenish yellow, and usually about 6 centimeters long, with 5 longitudinal, sharp, angular lobes. The seeds are arillate.
The fruit is fleshy, acid, green or greenish-yellow and edible. It is eaten with or without salt rather extensively by Filipinos and the juice is often used for seasoning. As in kamias, the juice is used in washing clothes and removes spot or stains. The fruit is made also into pickles and sweets.
Common Names:
Bicol: Balingbing
Ilocano: Daligan
Bicol, Tagalog, Visaya: Balimbing
Visaya: Galangan
Masarap ang Balimbing. Masarap patayin.
The fruit is fleshy, acid, green or greenish-yellow and edible. It is eaten with or without salt rather extensively by Filipinos and the juice is often used for seasoning. As in kamias, the juice is used in washing clothes and removes spot or stains. The fruit is made also into pickles and sweets.
Common Names:
Bicol: Balingbing
Ilocano: Daligan
Bicol, Tagalog, Visaya: Balimbing
Visaya: Galangan
Masarap ang Balimbing. Masarap patayin.
