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Bixa orellana L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Bixa orellana L.
Family	Bixaceae
Identified with (Skt)	sindūrī
Identified with (Hin)	sindūriyā, lātkān
Identified with (Tam)	cappiravīrai, urakumañcaḷ
Identified with (Mal)	kuppamaññal, kuraṅṅumaññal
Identified with (Eng)	Arnotta plant
Botanical info	A small evergreen tree cultivated all over India, large leaves, white or pink flowers in terminal panicles, reddish brown fruits clothed with soft bristles, trigonous seeds covered with red pulp
Search occurrence	sindūrī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Bixa orellana L. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1217) sindūra, m. (accord. to Uṇ. i, 69, fr. syand) a sort of tree, L.; a proper N. Cat.; (ī), f. red cloth or clothes, L.; Grislea Tomentosa, L.; another plant (= -pužpī), L.; = rocanī, L.; n. red lead, minium, vermilion, Kāv., Kathās. &c.; (= rakta-śāsana, rāja-lekha, and rāja-lekhitadakžiNa, L.)

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