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 Latin nameRicinus communis L.
 FamilyEuphorbiaceae
 Identified with (Skt)eraṇḍa, pañcāṅgula
 Identified with (Hin)eraṇḍī, eraṇḍ
 Identified with (Tam)āmaṇakku, koṭṭaimuttu, āmaṇakkamceṭi
 Identified with (Mal)āvaṇakku
 Identified with (Eng)Castor, Castor oil-plant
 Botanical infoA perennial bushy small tree, growing throughout India, leaves palmately lobed, flowers monoecious in terminal paniculate racemes, fruits globose, 3-seeded capsules, seeds oblong, enclosing oily and fleshy endosperm
 Search occurrenceeraṇḍa, pañcāṅgula, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 232)
eraṇḍa, m. the castor-oil plant, Ricinus Communis or Palma Christi, Suśr., Pañcat. &c.; (ā), f. long pepper, L.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 578)
pañcāṅgula, mfn. measuring 5 fingers; m. Ricinus Communis (which has 5-lobed leaves), Suśr.; (ī), f. a species of shrub, L.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 234)
āmaṇakku: Castor-plant, s. tr., Ricinus communis

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 234)
āmaṇakku: Castor-plant, s. tr., Ricinus communis

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1132)
koṭṭaimuttu: Castor-bean


 
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