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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Karambala (or Karaṃbala) in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal herb “Rostellularia procumbens (L.) Nees.”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Whole plant”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Karambala [ಕರಂಬಳ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Dillenia pentagyna Roxb. from the Dilleniaceae (Karmal) family having the following synonyms: Dillenia floribunda, Dillenia hainanensis. For the possible medicinal usage of karambala, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Karambala in India is the name of a plant defined with Dillenia pentagyna in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dillenia hainanensis Merrill.

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· FBI (1872)
· Taxon (1980)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Quarterly Journal of Mythic Society (1963)
· Lingnan Science Journal (1934)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Karambala, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

karambala (करंबल).—f (karmaraṅga S) A plant, and n Its fruit, Averrhoa carambola.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karaṃbaḷa (ಕರಂಬಳ):—[noun] the plant Dillenia pentagyna of Dilleniaceae family.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Doddakarambala.

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