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 Latin namePlectranthus vettiveroides (Jacob) N.P.Singh & B.D.Sharma
 FamilyLamiaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Coleus vettiveroides Jacob
 Identified with (Skt)hrīvera, vālaka
 Identified with (Hin)vālak
 Identified with (Tam)karuvēr, veṭṭivēr
 Identified with (Mal)iruvēli
 Botanical infoA succulent aromatic herb cultivated in south India, aromatic roots, leaves glandular hairy, broadly ovate, flowers blue in terminal racemes, fruits nutlets
 Search occurrencehrīvera, vālaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imagePlectranthus vettiveroides (Jacob) N.P.Singh & B.D.Sharma in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1307)
hrīvera n. a kind of Andropogon (accord. to some, Pavonia Odorata), Suśr.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 946)
vālaka, m. the tail of a horse or of an elephant, L.; m. n. a kind of Andropogon, Kāv., VarBṛS., Suśr.; a bracelet, L.; n. a finger-ring, L.; (ikā), f. a seal-ring, Hcar., Sch. (L. also, m.); sand, L.; a kind of ornament for the ears, L.; the rustling of leaves, L.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3770)
veṭṭivēr: 1. Cuscus-grass; 2 Black cuscus-grass

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3770)
veṭṭivēr: 1. Cuscus-grass; 2. Black cuscus-grass


 
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