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 Latin namePterocarpus marsupium Roxb.
 FamilyLeguminosae
 Identified with (Skt)asana, bījaka
 Identified with (Hin)bijasāl, vijaysār, bīā
 Identified with (Tam)vēṅkai
 Identified with (Mal)vēṅṅa
 Identified with (Eng)Indian kino tree, Malabar kino tree
 Botanical infoA 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
 Search occurrenceasana, bījaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imagePterocarpus marsupium Roxb. in Google image search
 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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