Garcinia cambogia is the fruit of a tree. Usually the fruits are dried and then used in cooking when dried they look almost black like in the picture above. The fresh fruit looks like a small beautiful pumpkin and the color of the fruits vary considerably from light green to yellow or red depending on the ripeness english :cambodge / malabar tamarind / kokam tamil :murgal malayalam :kudampuli kannada :murgala hindi :kokam / goraka bengali :kokam gujarati :kokan marathi :amsol / katambi / kokam / ratamba punjabi :kokam