| Latin name | Cinnamomum tamala T.Nees & Eberm. | | Family | Lauraceae | | Identified with (Skt) | tamālapattra | | Identified with (Hin) | tejpatt | | Identified with (Tam) | tamālapattiri | | Identified with (Mal) | paccila | | Identified with (Eng) | Indian cassia lignea, Cassia cinnamom | | Botanical info | An evergreen tree, 7,5 m high, growing in Himalayas between 900 - 2400 m, opposite or alternate acuminate leaves, pale yellowish flowers, fruits ovoid, fleshy, black drupe | | Search occurrence | tamālapattra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Cinnamomum tamala T.Nees & Eberm. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 438)
tamālapattra, n. the leaf of Xanthochymus pictorius, Mṛicch., Ragh. vi, 64; the leaf of Laurus Cassia, L.; Xanthochymus pictorius, L.; 'a sectarial mark on the forehead' see śrIkhaNDa-; -candana-gandha, m. 'smelling like Tamāla leaves and sandal wood'N. of a Buddha.
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