In South Asia and the rest of Southeast Asia, it is known by many names, most of which literally translate to "foreign tamarind". These include: "makham thet" in Thai; "plaeh umpel tek" in Khmer; "kodukkappuli" or "kodikkai" (Tamil); "seema chintakaya" in Telugu; "dora hunase" or "seeme hunase" in Kannada; "bakhai ambli" or "goras ambli" in Gujarati; vilayati chinch in Marathi; "singri" in Hindi(Hindi); "seema Kaiyan" in Odia; "achhi gidamiri" in Sindhi; and "jilapi" in Bengali. In Pakistan, it is also known as "jungle jalebi", after the resemblance of its fruits to the jalebi.