Botanical info | An annual plant cultivated all over India, leaves imparipinnately compound, small oval leaflets, pink, white or blue flower, turgid fruits, pubescent pods, seeds reddish brown, black or white |
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 383) caṇaka, m. the chick-pea, Suśr., VarBṛS. xv, f., Pañcat., Kathās.; N. of Cāṇakya's father, L.; of a village HPariś. viii, 194; (ā), f. linseed, L.; (ikā), f. a kind of grass (kSetra-jā, go-dugdhā, su-nIlā, himā), L. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 661) kaṭalai: 1. Bengal-gram, s. sh., Cicer arietinum , one of nava tāṉiyam , q.v.; 2. Indian rhododendron, l. sh., Melastoma malabaricum
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