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Latin name	Pentapetes phoenicea L.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Identified with (Skt)	bandhūka, arkavallabha
Identified with (Hin)	dopahariyā
Identified with (Tam)	uccittilakam
Identified with (Mal)	uccamalari
Identified with (Eng)	Noon plant
Botanical info	An annual herb, 60 - 150 cm high, growing in marshy and wet places in north-western India, Bengal and Gujarat, leaves lanceolate, serrate, flowers pink or red, solitary or in pairs, fruits subglobose capsules
Search occurrence	bandhūka, arkavallabha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 89) arkavallabha, m. the plant Pentapetes Phoenicea, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 721) bandhuka, m. Pentapetes Phoenicea, L.; a bastard, L. (cf. bandhuta); (ā), f. g. prekSādi; (ī), f. an unchaste woman, L. (cf. bandhakī). Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 721) bandhūka, m. Pentapetes Phoenicea (n. its flower), Kāv., Kathās., Suśr.; Terminalia Tomentosa, L. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 389) uccittilakam: A flowering shrub with red blossoms

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