Latin name | Plumeria rubra L. | Family | Apocynaceae | 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 info | A deciduous tree with fleshy branches containing milky juice, growing throughout India, leaves spirally arranged, flowers white with yellow centre, very fragrant, fruits follicles | Search occurrence | kṣīracampaka, śvetacampaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | See plant's image | Plumeria 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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