Botanical info | A 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 |
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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