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Plant name	kulattha
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Dolichos biflorus L., Dolichos uniflorus Lam.
Sanskrit name	kulattha
Hindi name	kultthī
Tamil name	koḷḷu
Malayalam name	mutira
English name	Horse gram
Search occurrence	kulattha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 295) kulattha, m. (fr. kula? cf. aśvattha, kapittha), a kind of pulse (Dolichos uniflorus), Pāṇ. 4-4, 4, MBh. &c.; (ās), m. pl.N. of a people, MBh. vi, 373, VP.; (ā), f. a kind of Dolichos (Glycine labialis), L.; a blue stone used in medicine and applied as a collyrium to the eyes and as an astringent to sores, &c., L.; a species of metre.

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