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Plant name	takarai
Language	Tamil
Latin name	Cassia tora L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	prapunnāṭa, cakramarda, cakragaja
Hindi name	cakuṇḍā, cakvaṭ
Tamil name	takarai
Malayalam name	takara
English name	Foetid cassia
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1706) 1. Fetid cassia, s. sh., Cassia tora; 2. West Indian bead tree

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