| Plant name | nattam | | Language | Tamil | | Latin name | Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre - please click to view full record | | Latin name (synonyms) | Pongamia glabra Vent., Derris indica (Lam.) Bennet | | Sanskrit name | karañja | | Hindi name | karañj, karañjā | | Bengali name | karañja, karamardda | | Tamil name | poṅkā, taṭṭaippuṅku, nattam, nīrppuṅku, puṅkumaram | | Malayalam name | uṅṅu, poṅṅu | | English name | Indian beech, Pongam oil tree | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2149)
01 1. Growth; 2. Town, village; 3. Residential portion of a village; 4. Portion of a village inhabited by the non-Brahmins; 5. Land reserved as house-sites; 6. Place, site; 7. Plantain; 8. Reflexed-petalled giant swallow-wort.; 9. Gnomon of dial
02 1. Conch; 2. Snail
03 1. Night; 2. Darkness
04 Indian beech, .l .tr., Pongamia glabra
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