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 Latin nameAreca catechu L.
 FamilyArecaceae
 Identified with (Skt)pūga
 Identified with (Hin)supārī
 Identified with (Tam)pākkumaram
 Identified with (Mal)kavunnu, kamunnu, kamuku, aṭaykkāmaram
 Identified with (Eng)Arecanut tree, Betelnut tree
 Botanical infoA tall, slender palm growing throughout India, crown of pinnate leaves with conspicuous sheath, stem annulate, flowers in spadix, 3,8 - 5 cm long fruit, smooth, orange or scarlet
 Search occurrencepūga, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageAreca catechu L. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 641)
pūga, m. (ifc., f. ā; cf. puJja) any assemblage or combination or body of persons, a multitude, number, mass, quantity (in one place n.) ŚāṅkhBr., Mn., MBh. &c.; country court or an assembly of townsmen, IW. 296, n. 1; disposition, property, nature, W.; the Areca Catechu, called betel-nut tree (n. its nut), Var., Kāv., Suśr.; = kaNTaki-vřkža, L.; = chanda, or chandas, L. = bhAva, L.


 
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