| Latin name | Oroxylum indicum (L.) Benth. ex Kurz | | Family | Bignoniaceae | | Identified with (Skt) | śyonāka, ṭuṇṭuka | | Identified with (Hin) | sonāpāṭhā, śyonā, arlū, pharkhāt | | Identified with (Tam) | pālaiyutaycci, paiyāraḷantai | | Identified with (Mal) | palakappayyāni, palakappayyāna, payyāḻānta | | Identified with (Eng) | Indian trumpet tree | | Botanical info | A deciduous tree growing all over India in deciduous forests, in moist areas, tree up to 12 m high, leaves very large, 90 - 180 cm long, flowers lurid to reddish purple outside, dull or pale pinkish yellow within, numerous in large erect racemes, fruits flat capsules, up to 1 m long, many flat seeds | | Search occurrence | śyonāka, ṭuṇṭuka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Oroxylum indicum (L.) Benth. ex Kurz in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1095)
śyoṇāka or śyonAka, m. Bignonia Indica, Car., Suśr., VarBṛS. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 430)
ṭuṇṭuka, mfn. small, minute, L.; cruel, harsh, L.; low, W.; m. Calosanthes indica, Car. vi, 25, 66, Suśr. i, 36 and 38; iv; a kind of acacia, L.; the bird Sylvia sutoria, L.; (ā), f. = Taṅginī, L.
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