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 Plant namepalācam
 LanguageTamil
 Latin nameButea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Butea frondosa Roxb., Erythrina monosperma Lam.
 Sanskrit namepalāśa, kiṃśuka
 Prakrit namekesua
 Hindi nameḍhāk, palāś, kiṃśuk
 Bengali namekiṃśuk, palāś
 Tamil namecamatā, murukkaṉmaram, puracu, palācam, kirumicatturu, kāli
 Malayalam namecamata, pḷāśu
 English nameFlame of the forest, Bastard teak, Parrot tree, Bengal kino tree
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Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2536)
01 1. Leaf; 2. Greenness; 3. Indian coral tree, l. tr., Erythrina indica; 4. Palas-tree m. tr., Butea frondosa
02 Monkey jack


 
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