Yes Averrhora carambola. Ripe fruits taste good while eaten raw. Promila On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com>wrote:
> The unripe fruit is a good source of Vitamin C. > > It is used to clean brass vessels. > > I made some delicious wine with it in January 2009. > This year it has bourne fruit only now and not so abundantly either. > > Padmini Raghavan. > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Dr K. Brijesh <ayurbrij...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Averrhoa Carambola L. from Oxalidaceae is mentioned in our Ayurvedic >> text Bhavaprakasha Nighantu [ 16th century A.D. ]. >> >> Sanskrit - कर्मरंगा, विशाल, बृहदम्ल, रुजाकर. >> >> Kannada - ಧಾರೆಹುಳಿ [ Dhaarepuli or Dhaarehuli ]. >> >> It is cultivated for their fruits. >> >> Fl: May - August. >> >> Ripe fruits are used for the preparation of Jams and unripe fruits for >> pickles. >> >> Medicinal properties: >> >> Ripe Fruits acts as Blood Purifier. >> >> The Juice [ Sharbath ] prepared out of fruits is beneficial in Fever, >> Bleeding Disorders and Thirst. >> >> Regards >> >> Dr K Brijesh >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
