| Latin name | Argemone mexicana L. | | Family | Papaveraceae | | Identified with (Skt) | svarṇakṣīrī, brahmadantī | | Identified with (Hin) | bhaṭbhāṇṭ | | Identified with (Tam) | kuṭiyōṭṭi, poṉnummattai | | Identified with (Mal) | ponnummattu, kaṇṭankattiri | | Identified with (Eng) | Mexican poppy, Prickly poppy | | Botanical info | A 60 - 90 cm high plant growing in hotter parts of India in areas up to 1500 m, simple leaves, sessile, spiny, flowers bright yellow, fruits prickly capsules, oblong - ovoid shape | | Search occurrence | svarṇakṣīrī, brahmadantī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Argemone mexicana L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1282)
svarṇakṣīrī, f. Cleome Felina, L.
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