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 Latin nameCalophyllum inophyllum L.
 FamilyClusiaceae
 Identified with (Skt)punnāga
 Identified with (Hin)sultān campā
 Identified with (Tam)puṉṉai, puṉṉakam
 Identified with (Mal)punna
 Identified with (Eng)Alexandrian laurel
 Botanical infoAn evergreen glabrous tree, 15 - 18 m high, growing in coastal areas, along river banks, leaves broadly elliptic, white fragrant flowers, globose smooth fruits, yellowish drupes, ovoid seeds
 Search occurrencepunnāga, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageCalophyllum inophyllum L. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 631)
puṃnāga, m. 'elephant among men', any distinguished man, L.; a white elephant, L.; N. of a plant (Rottleria Tinctoria or Calophyllum Inophyllum), L.; a white lotus, L.; a nutmeg, L.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2814)
puṉṉai: Mastwood, m. tr., Calophyllum inophyllum

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2813)
puṉṉākam: 1. Kamela; 2. Common purslane


 
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