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Latin name	Mitragyna parvifolia Korth.
Family	Rubiaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Stephegyne parvifolia S.Vidal
Identified with (Skt)	vitāna
Identified with (Hin)	kayim, kaḍḍam, kāṃgī
Identified with (Tam)	kaṭampai, nīrkkaṭampu, ciṉṉakkaṭampu
Identified with (Mal)	vīmpu, nīrkkaṭampu, ṛōsu kaṭampu
Identified with (Eng)	Kaim
Botanical info	A deciduous tree growing all over India in evergreen forests up to 1200 m, bark light grey, smooth, exfoliating in small scales, leaves simple, opposite, very variable, flowers greenish yellow, fragrant, fruits oblong capsules with blunt rounded tops and blunt ribs
Search occurrence	vitāna, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 952) vitāna 2, m. n. (for 1. see p. 950, col. 3) extension, great extent or quantity, mass, heap, plenty, abundance, Kāv., VarBṛS.; high degree, Bhartṛ.; manifoldness, variety, Gīt.; performance, accomplishment, development, growth, BhP.; an oblation, sacrifice, MBh., Śiś., BhP.; an awning, canopy, cover, MBh., Kāv. &c.; the separate arrangement of the three sacred fires or the separate fires themselves, GṛŚrS.; m. or n. (?) a partic. bandage for the head, Suśr.; (ā), f. N. of the wife of Sattrāyaṇa, BhP.; n. N. of a partic. metre or of a class of metres Piṅg., Sch., Col.; leisure, opportunity, L.; -kalpa, m. N. of a Pariśiṣṭa belonging to the Atharva-veda, Caraṇ.; -mUlaka n. the root of Andropogon Muricatus, L.; -vat, mfn. having a canopy or awning, Kum. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 659) kaṭampai: 01 Bison, wild cow 02 A kind of hornet 03 Coconut fibre

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