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 Latin nameMagnifera indica L.
 FamilyAnacardiaceae
 Identified with (Skt)āmra, cūta
 Identified with (Hin)ām, āmb
 Identified with (Tam)māmaram, māṅkāy
 Identified with (Mal)māvu
 Identified with (Eng)Mango tree
 Botanical infoA large evergreen tree up to 45 m high, growing all over India, in forests up to 1200 m, widely cultivated, leaves simple, flowers small, pungently odorous, reddish white or yellowish green in large pubescent panicles, fruits large fleshy drupes, green, orange, yellow or red, seed solitary
 Search occurrenceāmra, cūta, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 147)
āmra, m. the mango tree, Mangifera Indica, MBh., R., Śak. &c.; (am) n. the fruit of the mango tree, Suśr., ŚBr.; &c.; a particular weight.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 401)
cūta, m. the mango tree, MBh., R., Śak. &c. (cf. kapi-); = cuta, L.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3162)
māmaram: Mango, l. tr., Mangifera indica

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3145)
māṅkāy: 1. Unripe mango fruit; 2. A mangoshaped ornamental piece in a necklace, consisting of a central diamond surrounded by eleven rubies; 3. Testicle of quadrupeds; 4. Kidney of quadrupeds


 
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