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 Latin nameAdenanthera pavonina L.
 FamilyMimosaceae
 Identified with (Skt)kucandana, tāmraka
 Identified with (Hin)bārāguñcī
 Identified with (Tam)yāṉai kuṇṭumaṇi
 Identified with (Mal)mañcāṭi
 Identified with (Eng)Coralwood tree, Redwood tree
 Botanical infoA tree about 20 m high growing throughout India, leaves bipinnate, pale yellow flowers, seeds scarlet, lenticular - globose, fruits falcately curved pointed pods, the valves spirally twisted after dehiscence
 Search occurrencekucandana, tāmraka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageAdenanthera pavonina L. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 285)
kucandana, n. red sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus), Suśr.; sappan or log-wood (Caesalpina Sappan cf. pattrāṅga), W.; a leguminous plant (Adenanthera pavonina), W.; saffron, L.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 443)
tāmraka, m. N. of a Gandharva, Gal.; n. copper, Yājñ. i, 296, VarBṛS. civ, 15; (ikā), f. (= -mrī) a kind of clepsydra, L.; Abrus precatorius, L.


 
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