Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Averrhoa carambola
Scientific Name and Description
Averrhoa carambola L.
Herb Family
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common Names | carambola, star fruit, five-corner |
| English | caramba, carambola, star fruit |
| Hindi | kamarakh, kamaramga, kamaranga, kamrak, karmal, khamrak |
| Kannada | 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 | carambola, catarapuli, caturappuli, chatarapali, chaturappuli, irumpanpuli, kamaranga, kamarangam, pulachi, pulichi, pulinci, pulinji, saturappuli, tamara, tamarat-tuka, tamaratonga, tamaratta, thamarathamu |
| Marathi | kamarakha, karamala, karmal, karmar, karmare, kumrak |
| Sanskrit | brihaddala, dantasatha, dharaphala, dharaphalah, karmar, karmara, karmaranga, karmarangah, karuka, karukah, mudgara, pitaphala, pitaphalah, rujakara, shiral, shukapriya |
| Tamil | cakatam1, 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, tantacatam1, thamaratham |
| Telugu | karamanooga, karamonga, karomonga, tamaratamu, tamarta, tamarta-kaya, thamaratha |
| Urdu | kamarakha |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
References
Literature
Literature
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
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Averrhoa carambola. (2023, December 4). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averrhoa_carambola