Botanical info | A tree 15 - 30 m high growing throughout India in deciduous and evergreen forests, bark exfoliating in thin flakes and exuding a red gummy substance on injury, leaves compound, imparipinnate, flowers yellow in terminal panicles, fruits nearly circular, glabrous, flat, winged pods, seeds 1 - 2 |
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 118) asana 2, m. the tree Terminalia tomentosa, Jain., Suśr.; (ct 3. [aśana]. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 732) bījaka, n. seed, Suśr.; a list HPariś.; m. Citrus Medica, R., Hariv. &c.; a citron or lemon, Suśr.; Terminalia Tomentosa, L.; the position of the arms of a child at birth, Suśr., Bhpr.; N. of a poet. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3820) vēṅkai: 1. Tiger, Felis tigris; 2. East Indian kino tree, l. tr., Pterrocarpus marsupium; 3. A hill; 4. Gold
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