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Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex Lambert) G.Don details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex Lambert) G.Don
Family	Pinaceae
Identified with (Skt)	devadāru
Identified with (Hin)	debdār, deyodār
Identified with (Tam)	tēvatāram, tēvatāru
Identified with (Mal)	dēvatāram
Identified with (Eng)	Deodar, Himalayan cedar
Botanical info	A large evergreen conifer tree up to 85 m high, growing in Himalayas from 1050 - 3600 m, needle-like leaves, triquetrous, sharp and pointed, male and female cones solitary at the ends of branchlets, pale brown seeds, heartwood oily, fragrant and strong
Search occurrence	devadāru, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 493) devadāru, m.n. Pinus Devadāru or Deodar (also Avaria Longifolia and Erythrosylon Sideroxyloides), MBh., Kāv.; Pur. &c.; -vana-mAhAtmya, n. N. of wk.; -maya, mf(ī)n. made of its wood, MBh., R. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2065) tēvatāru: 1. Deodar cedar; 2. Red cedar l tr., Erythroxylon monogynum Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2065) tēvatāru: 1. Deodar cedar; 2. Red cedar l. tr., Erythroxylon monogynum

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