| Latin name | Mussaenda frondosa L. | | Family | Rubiaceae | | Identified with (Skt) | śrīparṇī, rajatāri | | Identified with (Hin) | bedīnā, beḍīnā | | Identified with (Tam) | veḷḷai ilai, veḷḷi māṭantai | | Identified with (Mal) | veḷḷila, veḷḷilam, veḷḷilattāḷi | | Botanical info | A shrub with grey bark, growing all over India in forests, also cultivated, leaves ovate, opposite, simple, flowers yellowish green outside and orange green within, in terminal cymes, fruits subglobose or ovoid green berries | | Search occurrence | śrīparṇī, rajatāri, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Mussaenda frondosa L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1099)
śrīparṇi, f. Gmelina Arborea, Hcat. (L. also Premna Spinosa or Longifolia, Pistia Stratiotes, Salmalia Malabarica, and a species of Solanum )
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