Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Averrhoa carambol
Scientific Name and Description
Averrhoa carambola L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Kamrakh कमरख, kamarakh, kamaramga, kamaranga, kamrak, karmal, khamrak |
| Tamil | Karappatti கரப்பான்சி, cakatam, cakattai, caturappuli, ci, cicakari, cicam, cikam, cukkirakam, cukkirakamaram, kacerukam, kandasagadam, kantacatakamaram, kantacatcam, kantacatkam, nattuttamarattai, pukamatitam, pukamatitamaram, pulipputtamarattai, putakecam, putakecaramaram, sagadam, sigam, sisam, tamarakam, tamarakamaram, tamarathai, tamaraththam, tamarattai, tamarattaimaram, tamarattam, tamarattankay, tamaratti, tamarttam-kay, tantacatam, thamaratham |
| Kannada | Daar phala ದಾಂಫಲ, daare huli, darchuli, darehuli, darepuli, kamaraak mara, kamaraakshi, kamaraakshi hannu, kamarak, kamaraka mara, kamarakha, kamarakshi, kamarakshi mara, kamaranga, kamraak, kamrac, karamaadalu, karmaranga, kiranelli, kirinelli, kirinulli, kobari kaayi, komarakmara, komaree |
| Malayalam | Anchuthengu അഞ്ചുതെങ്ങ്ങ്, carambola, catarapuli, caturappuli, chatarapali, chaturappuli, irumpanpuli, kamaranga, kamarangam, pulachi, pulichi, pulinci, pulinji, saturappuli, tamara, tamarat-tuka, tamaratonga, tamaratta, thamarathamu |
| English | caramba, carambola, star fruit |
| Marathi | kamarakha, karamala, karmal, karmar, karmare, kumrak |
| Sanskrit | brihaddala, dantasatha, dharaphala, dharaphalah, karmar, karmara, karmaranga, karmarangah, karuka, karukah, mudgara, pitaphala, pitaphalah, rujakara, shiral, shukapriya |
| Telugu | karamanooga, karamonga, karomonga, tamaratamu, tamarta, tamarta-kaya, thamaratha |
| Urdu | kamarakha |
| Common names | starfruit, carambola,carambola, star fruit, five-corner. |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Averrhoa carambola L. Tree Fruit, bark Vitamin C source; liver disease General Jain 2004
References
Literature
Literature
Jain 2004
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Citations
Herb citations
Averrhoa carambola. (2023, December 4). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averrhoa_carambola