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 Latin namePlumeria rubra L.
 FamilyApocynaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Plumeria acutifolia Poir.
 Identified with (Skt)kṣīracampaka, śvetacampaka
 Identified with (Hin)goleṃcī, gopurcamp
 Identified with (Tam)alari, kaḷḷimantārai
 Identified with (Mal)alaṛi, kuṅkumakkaḷḷi, kuṅkumappūvu
 Identified with (Eng)Pogodo tree
 Botanical infoA deciduous tree with fleshy branches containing milky juice, growing throughout India, leaves spirally arranged, flowers white with yellow centre, very fragrant, fruits follicles
 Search occurrencekṣīracampaka, śvetacampaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imagePlumeria rubra L. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1106)
śvetacampaka, m. a kind of Campaka ib.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 146)
alari: 1. Flower; 2. Oleander, l. sh., Herium odorum; 3. Sun; 4. Streaks or lines in the white of the eye; 5. Beauty; 6. Bee; 7. Water tank; 8. Wheat; 9. Rinder-pest


 
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