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Leucas aspera Link details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Leucas aspera Link
Family	Lamiaceae
Identified with (Skt)	droṇapuṣpī
Identified with (Hin)	choṭā halkkūsā
Identified with (Tam)	tumpai
Identified with (Mal)	tumpa
Identified with (Eng)	Thumbe
Botanical info	A herbaceous annual plant, 15 - 60 cm high, growing all over India up to 900 m, leaves sub-sessile, linear, obtuse, flowers pure white, small, in dense terminal or axillary whorls, fruits nutlets, brown, oblong
Search occurrence	droṇapuṣpī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 503) droṇapuṣpī, f. Phlomis Zeylanica or other plant, Bhpr. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1972) tumpai: 01 1. White dead nettle, leucas; 2. Bitter toombay, a common weed, Leucas aspera; 3. Flower toombay; 4. Black gaub, l. tr., Diospyros tomentosa; 5. A garland of flowers worn by warriors when engaged in battle, as a mark of their valour; 7. Battle; 8. Assembly, crowd 02 1. Betel leaf; 2. Cf. A genus of fish, pterois 03 A kind of grain

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