OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate

Page number: 254

balibi

•  a tree, the fruits are eaten, and the leaves are spread on the mats on which people suffering from small-pox sleep(eng).een boom, de vruchten worden gegeten, de bladeren spreidt men uit op matten, waarop poklijders zich te slapen nederleggen(nld).

Scientific name: Averrhoa carambola L

Note: It is less correctly called Bilimba by Filet