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    Calestous Juma‏Verified account @calestous 10 Jan 2015

    Please help me identify this #plant. I took the picture in #Zanzibar. #botany #fruitpic.twitter.com/EHzAadyoUd

    9:27 PM - 10 Jan 2015
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      2. Aethusa cynⓐpium‏ @Iteration23 10 Jan 2015
        Replying to @calestous

        .@calestous As @organicperson and @NjokiMwarumba say: Averrhoa bilimbi. A close relative of carambola. Highly useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averrhoa_bilimbi …

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      3. Njoki‏ @NjokiMwarumba 10 Jan 2015
        Replying to @Iteration23

        @Iteration23 @AnnGhostface @calestous @organicperson Asanteni. Mbirimbi - quite interesting to learn about it's multiple culinary uses.

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      1. Njoki‏ @NjokiMwarumba 10 Jan 2015
        Replying to @calestous

        @calestous tree also found along the Kenya coast Kilifi, fruit known as 'mbirimbi', have heard the tree referred to as 'mti wa mbirimbi'.

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      1. ange|:que ©  💧‏ @organicperson 10 Jan 2015
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        @calestous cucumber tree.

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      1. Aboud Jumbe‏ @aboudjumbe 11 Jan 2015
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        @calestous Averrhoa bilimbi http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averrhoa_bilimbi …

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      1. Beachie‏ @nyaseme_ 11 Jan 2015
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        @calestous scientific name Averrhoa bilimbi . In Mombasa we call them mbirimbi.

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      1. JuanseBee WerkenApi‏ @juanseapi 10 Jan 2015
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        @calestous Some sort of papaya.

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      2. gunjan arya‏ @EchoGunjan 10 Jan 2015
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        “@calestous: Please help me identify this #plant. I took the picture in #Zanzibar. #botany #fruit pic.twitter.com/XlmD0cqy6W” @KiranKhalap?

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      3. Kiran Khalap‏ @KiranKhalap 15 Jan 2015
        Replying to @EchoGunjan

        @gunjan140 Have a rough idea what it is but can't determine name

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      1. Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra‏ @jrossibarra 10 Jan 2015
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        @calestous @AgroBioDiverse Perhaps https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Averrhoa+bilimbi&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 … ?

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      1. Dr. Malini Nair‏ @maliniw90th 10 Jan 2015
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        @calestous http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averrhoa_bilimbi … we have it at home, used to make pickles, ingredients in fish curries etc

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      1. Nshimiyimana‏ @bennshim 10 Jan 2015
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        @calestous A kind of chocolate tree I mean !

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      1. Douglas Edwards‏ @SebastosPublius 10 Jan 2015
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        @calestous Are those fruits/pods growing directly off the trunk, or leaves? They make me think of the chocolate tree, *Theobroma cacao*.

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      2. Karsan‏ @ykarsan 10 Jan 2015
        Replying to @calestous

        @calestous Averrhoa bilimbi or in swahili Mbilimbi...very good appetizer!!

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      3. Chris Mdee‏ @MdeeWiz 11 Jan 2015
        Replying to @ykarsan

        @ykarsan @calestous I'm very impressed @ykarsan #SUA did teach u something 😉

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      4. Karsan‏ @ykarsan 11 Jan 2015
        Replying to @MdeeWiz

        @MdeeWiz @calestous yes indeed...proud Alumnus...!!!

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      1. Charles Nsekela‏ @CNsekela 10 Jan 2015
        Replying to @calestous

        @calestous looks like what I am told is "mbilimbi". Also found in my garden. Used for culinary purposes.

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      1. Troy Wharfton‏ @kavunduh 10 Jan 2015
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        @calestous it's called mbirimbi in kiswahili

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