Latin name | Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Müll.Arg. | Family | Euphorbiaceae | Identified with (Skt) | kampillaka, recanaka | Identified with (Hin) | sindūr, kamalā | Identified with (Tam) | mañcaṉai, kuṅkumam, kamalā | Identified with (Mal) | sindūri, mañjanā, kūramaṭakku, kampipāla | Identified with (Eng) | Kamala tree | Botanical info | A small tree, growing throughout India in evergreen forests up to 1500 m, leaves alternate, red grandular beneath, flowers dioecious, small in spikes, fruits globose, three-lobed capsules covered with dense reddish brown pubescence, seeds black | Search occurrence | kampillaka, recanaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | See plant's image | Mallotus philippensis (Lam.) Müll.Arg. in Google image search | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 887) recanaka, m. a kind of red powder, L. (cf. recin). Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 731) kamalā: Loose-jacket, sylhet orange, s. tr., Citrus aurantium-nobilis-chrysocarpa Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 955) kuṅkumam: 1. Saffron, bulbous-rooted plant, Crocus sativus ; 2. Arnotto; 3. Kamela; 4. A kind of red paint; 5. Saffron powder worn on the forehead Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. S-380) mañcaṉai: Kamela dye
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