| Latin name | Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston |
| Family | Cochlospermaceae |
| Identified with (Lat) | Cochlospermum gossypium DC. |
| Identified with (Skt) | giriśālmalikā, śilākārpāsikā |
| Identified with (Hin) | gābḍī, galgāl |
| Identified with (Tam) | kāṭṭupparutti, malaipparutti |
| Identified with (Mal) | appakkuṭukka, cempaññi, pāṛappaññi |
| Identified with (Eng) | Yellow-flowered cotton tree |
| Botanical info | A small tree growing in dry forests throughout India, bark containing a gum, palmately leaves, large yellow flowers, pear shaped large fruits, numerous seed covered with woolly hairs |
| Search occurrence | giriśālmalikā, śilākārpāsikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts |
| See plant's image | Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston in Google image search |
Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3107)
malaipparutti: False tragacanth
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