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🌳 A spiny tree 🍇 A purple berry
kitambilla

kitambilla

9.9
A small spiny tree from India and Sri Lanka that has dark purple fruit with sweet tart pulp
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : kitambilla
  • The kitambilla tree thrives in the tropical climate of Sri Lanka.

Examples

  • Farmers cultivate kitambillas in parts of southern India for their edible berries.

  • I tasted a kitambilla for the first time at a market in Colombo.

  • The kitambilla is prized for its unique, sweet-tart fruit in local Sri Lankan cuisine.

  • I found a ripe kitambilla in the garden yesterday.

  • Farmers cultivate kitambillas in parts of southern India for their edible berries.

  • I tasted a kitambilla for the first time at a market in Colombo.

  • The kitambilla is prized for its unique, sweet-tart fruit in local Sri Lankan cuisine.

Synonyms

ketembilla
vskitambilla
  • Indian
9.9

A small spiny shrub grown in India and Sri Lanka that produces maroon-purple fruit

is the same plant but written with an alternate common spelling
ketembilla tree
vskitambilla
  • Indian
9.9

A small spiny shrub that makes sweet purple berries like gooseberries

uses the shrub label rather than calling it a tree
kitembilla
vskitambilla
  • Indian
9.9

A small spiny shrub that grows in India and Sri Lanka and has dark purple fruit

uses a simpler pulp description not mentioning purple taste
Ceylon gooseberry
vskitambilla
8.0

A small spiny tree from Sri Lanka and India that has purple fruit with sweet, tart flesh

is a common name rather than a descriptive botanical phrase
Dovyalis hebecarpa
vskitambilla
  • Specialized
9.9

A small spiny shrub from India and Sri Lanka that produces dark red, tart fruit like a gooseberry

is the everyday name used in speech and gardening contexts

Surface Forms

kitambilla singular
kitambillas plural

Etymology

Kitambilla is a local South Asian name, probably from Sinhala or Tamil, for a small shrubby, spiny tree found in Sri Lanka and southern India. So, the name points to the plant that makes the maroon, gooseberry-like berries, which helps you remember it as the tree that gives this fruit.