Averrhoa carambola L.
Family: Oxalidaceae; Averrhoaceae
Synonyms: Averrhoa acutangula Stokes, Averrhoa pentandra Blanco, Connaropsis philippica Villar.Bengali: কামরাঙা kamarana
Brazil: Camerunga, Carambola, Caramboleiro,
Burmese: Zaung-Ya;
Carambolera, Carambolero, Tamarindo Chino,
Chinese: Yang-Tao, Ma Fen, Wu Lian Zi;
Common Names: carambola, star fruit, coromandel gooseberry, kamranga, five finger, five corner
Costa Rica: Tiriguro;
Danish: Karambol;
Dominican Republic: Vinagrillo;
Dutch: Blimbing, Carambola, Damaksche, fransman birambi
El Salvador: Pepino De La India;
Fijian: Kamrakh, Wi Ni Idia, Wi Ni Jaina;
French Antilles: Cornichon;
French Guiana: Carambol;
French: Carambolier, Carambolier Doux,
German: Baumstachelbeere, Blimbingbaum, karambole, sternfrucht
Gorenshi, Karanbora;
Guam: Bilimbines;
Haitian: Zibline;
Hindi: दन्तसठ dantasatha, कमरक kamaraka, कमरख kamarakha, पर्णमाचाल parnamachal, पीतफल pitaphala, शिराल shiral
Indonesia: Belimbing Manis, Belimbing,
Italian: carambola
Japanese: gorenshi, karanbora
Kannada: ಕಮರಾಕ್ಷಿ kamaraakshi, ಕಮರಮ್ಗ kamaramga
Karambole, Sternfrucht, Gestirnte Pflaume;
Khmer: spu
Khmer: Spu;
Konkani: करंबल karambala
Lao: nak fuang
Laotian: Nak Fuang;
Limas De Cayena (Portuguese);
Malay: belimbing batu, belimbing besi, belimbing manis (Indonesia), belimbing pessegi, belimbing sayur, belimbing saji
Malayalam - Aarampuli
Marathi: कमरख kamarakha, करमळ karamala, करंबल karambala
Mexico: Carambolera, Caramboler, Árbol De
Pakistan: Kamrak, Kamranga;
Papua New Guinea: Faiv Kona;
Pepino De La India, Tamarindo Dulce; Pepino;
Philippines: Balingbing, Balimbing (Bikol), Garahan (Bisaya), Balimbing Balingbing (Cebu Bisaya), Daligan (Iloko), Dalihan, Galuran, Garulan (Ibanag), Malimbin (Samar-Leyte Bisaya), Galañgan (Panay Bisaya), Balimbing (Sulu), Balimbin, Blingbing, Balimbing (Tagalog), Sirinate (Tinggian);
Polish: Karambola;
Pomier De Goa;
Portuguese: caramboleiro, camerunga (Brazil), limas de Cayena (Brazil)
Saji, Caramba Carambola, Kambola;
Sanskrit: कर्मरकः karmarakah, कर्मरंग karmaranga
Slovašcina: Karambola;
Spanish: arbol de pepino, carambola, carambolera, carambolero, tamarindo chino, pepino de la India, tamarindo dulce
Sri Lanka: Kamaranga, Kamruk;
Suomi: karambola
Surinam: Blimbing Legi, Fransman-Birambi;
Svenska: karambola
Tagalog: belimbing
Tamil: கந்தசட்கம் kantacatkam, தமரத்தை tamarattai,
Telugu: అంబాణపుకాయ ambanapukaya, కర్మరంగము karmarangamu,
Thailand: Ma Fuang, Fuang, Khe, Sa Bue;
Tjalingtjing Amis (Sundanese); Japanese:
Tonga: Tapanima;
Unani: Khamraq, Karmal
Venzuela: Tamarindo Chino, Tamarindo Dulce;
Vietnamese: khe, khe ta
Ayurvedic uses: Root—antidote in poisoning. Leaf and shoot—applied externally in ringworm, scabies, chickenpox. Flower—vermicidal. Fruit—laxative, antidysenteric, antiphlogistic, febrifuge, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic (used in hepatic colic, bleeding piles). Seeds—galactogenic; in large doses act as an emmenagogue and cause abortion. The fruits are a fairly good source of iron but deficient in calcium.
Melena, urolithiasis and perspiration.(Medicinal plants of Mynmar). Fruit: In a syrup for bilious fever; syrup for an excellent antiscorbutic. Used to treat cracks in feet in NW Guyana. (Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)
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