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Oxalidaceae (wood sorrel family) » Averrhoa carambola

av-er-OH-uh -- named for Averrhoes, an Arabian physician kah-rahm-BOH-luh or ka-RAM-boh-luh -- Latin form of an aboriginal name

commonly known as: carambola, star fruit, coromandel gooseberry, kamranga, five finger, five corner • Bengali: কামরাঙা kamarana • Hindi: दन्तसठ dantasatha, कमरक kamaraka, कमरख kamarakha, पर्णमाचाल parnamachal, पीतफल pitaphala, शिराल shiral • Kannada: ಕಮರಾಕ್ಷಿ kamaraakshi, ಕಮರಮ್ಗ kamaramga • Konkani: करंबल karambala • Marathi: कमरख kamarakha, करमळ karamala, करंबल karambala • Sanskrit: कर्मरकः karmarakah, कर्मरंग karmaranga • Tamil: கந்தசட்கம் kantacatkam, தமரத்தை tamarattai, தாமரத்தம்பழம் tamarattampazam • Telugu: అంబాణపుకాయ ambanapukaya, కర్మరంగము karmarangamu, తమాటకాయ tamatakaya

Native to: south-east Asia

... densely branched ... alternately arranged, long compound leaves as much up to 50 cm long ... with 5 to 11 almost opposite leaflets ... soft, medium-green, smooth on the upper surface, and finely hairy, whitish on the underside.

... leaflets are light-sensitive, more or less fold together at night, and when the tree is abruptly shaken.

References: Flowers of IndiaWikipediaPurdue UniversityM.M.P.N.D.
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Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India

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