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 Latin nameCinnamomum verum J.Presl
 FamilyLauraceae
 Identified with (Lat)Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume
 Identified with (Skt)tvak, dārusitā
 Identified with (Hin)dālcīni, dārucīni
 Identified with (Tam)ilavaṅkam, karuvā
 Identified with (Mal)ilavaṅgam, elavaṅgam, kaṛuva, vayaṇa
 Identified with (Eng)Cinnamon
 Botanical infoAn evergreen tree, 8 - 18 m high and 50 cm in diameter with reddish brown soft bark, growing in west coast tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, ovate leaves, small flowers in axillary or sub-terminal cymes or panicles, fruits ovoid berry
 Search occurrencetvak, dārusitā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageCinnamomum verum J.Presl in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 476)
dārusitā, f. cinnamon in sticks, Bhpr. i, 188.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 463)
tvac, f. skin (of men, serpents &c.), hide (of goats, cows &c.), RV. &c. (kRSNa), the black man', i, 130, 8); a cow's hide (used in pressing out the Soma), i, iii, ix, VS. xix, 82; a leather bag, RV. v, 33, 7; (fig. 'a cloud') i & ix; bark, rind, peel, RV. &c.; Cassia bark, VarBṛS. lxxvii, 6; 12; 24; 32; cinnamon, cinnamon tree, L.; a cover (of a horse), RV. viii, 1, 32; surface (of the earth), i, 145, 5; x, 68, 4, AV. vi, 21, 1 TBr. i, 5, 5, 4; with kRSNa or asiknī, 'the black cover', darkness, RV. ix, 41, 1 and 73, 5; a mystical N. of the letter ya, RāmatUp. i, 77.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 343)
ilavaṅkam: 1. Clove; 2. Clove-tree, m. tr., Caryophyllum aromaticum ; 3. Cinnamon-tree, m. tr., Cinnamomum zeylanicum; 4. Wild cinnamon, m. tr., Cinnamomum iners

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 765)
karuvā: 1. Cinnamon tree, m. tr., Cinnamomum zeylanicum ; 2. Cassia cinnamon, Cinnamomum macrocapum ; 3. Clove tree m. tr., Eugenia caryophyllata


 
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