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Carambola(star fruit)

star fruits       Names of Carambola  in different languages Carambola or Starfruit is also known as Coromandel Gooseberry, Five Finger or five corner etc. It is called  Karmal, Dantasatha, Shiral,  Kamarakha, Pitaphala, Parnamachal etc.  in Hindi - Kamarana in Bengali - Rohdoi, Kordoi or Kordoi-Tenga in Assamese - Heinoujom in Manipuri - Carmbala in Marathi - Tamarattai , Kantacatkam, Tamarattampazam in Tamil - Caturappuli, Vajrappuli in Malayalam - Ambanapukaya, Karmarangamu, Tamatakaya in Telugu - Kaparakhi Hannu, Kamaraakshi in Kannada - In Sanskrit it is called  Karmarakah, Brihadamla, Sralam, Rujaraka etc.  We call it  Karamanga  in my mother tongue Oriya. The Botanical name is Averrhoa carambola (Family: Oxalidaceae) carambola flowers Star fruit nutrition Food Value Per 100 g of Edible Portion Calories 35.7 Calcium 4.4-6.O mg Protein 0.38 g Phosphorus 15.5-21.0 mg Fat 0.08 g

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