District | KAMRUP | BMC Name | HAJO BLOCK BMC | Flora Category | Fruit Plant | Type of Flora | ["Tree"] |
Local Name of Flora | Kordoi | Local Language | Bengali ,Assamese ,Other , | Common Name of Flora | Star fruit | Scientific Name | Averrhoa carambola |
Variata | Forma | Sub Species | Flora Variety | Local | |||
Part Used | Fruit and Leaves | Uses | Consumed as fruit, fodder and medicine | Other Details | The mature ripe fruits are eaten fresh or cooked with sugar. Pickles, jelly and squash are also prepared. The acidic fruits have also been used to clean rusty or tarnished metal especially brass as well as bleach rust stains from cloth. |