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 Latin nameJasminum multiflorum Roth
 FamilyOleaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Jasminum pubescens Willd.
 Identified with (Skt)kunda
 Identified with (Hin)kundphūl
 Identified with (Tam)makarantam, mallikai
 Identified with (Mal)kurukkuttimulla
 Identified with (Eng)Downy jasmine
 Botanical infoA large scadent tomentose shrub, leaves simple, ovate, flowers white, slightly fragrant, sessile in dense terminal capitate cymes, fruits black, globose berries, growing throughout India, in the forest of Western Ghats and sub-Himalayan tracts
 Search occurrencekunda, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 291)
kunda, m. (Uṇ. iv, 101) a kind of jasmine (Jasminum multiflorum or +pubescens), MBh. &c.; fragrant oleander (Nerium odorum, [karavīra]), L.; Olibanum (the resin of the plant Boswellia thurifera), L.; a turner’s lathe, L.; one of Kubera’s nine treasures (N. of a [guhyaka], Gal.), L.; the number ”nine”, W.; N. of Vishṇu, MBh. xiii. 7036; of a mountain, BhP. v, 20, 10; ([am]) n. the jasmine flower.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2980)
makarantam: 01 1. Filament of the lotus, pollen and an her of flowers; 2. Nectar or honey of flowers; 3. Toddy; 4. Honey-bee; 5. Indian cuckoo
02 See makarakantam p. 2979: onion
03 Sweet mango

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3099)
mallikai: 1. Himalayan heart-leaved smooth jasmine, m. cl., Jasminum anestomosans ; 2. Musk jasmine; 3. Arabian jasmine; 4. White-bracted jasmine; 5. Lamp-stand, standard; 6. Vessel, cup, goblet; 7. Mendicant's bowl

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3099)
mallikai: 1. Himalayan heart-leaved smooth jasmine, m. cl., Jasminum anestomosans; 2. Musk jasmine; 3. Arabian jasmine; 4. White-bracted jasmine; 5. Lamp-stand, standard; 6. Vessel, cup, goblet; 7. Mendicant's bowl


 
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