Latin name | Scindapsus officinalis Schott | Family | Araceae | Identified with (Lat) | Pothos officinalis Roxb. | Identified with (Skt) | gajapippalī, gajakṛṣṇā | Identified with (Hin) | gajapīpal, pīpaljhaṃghā, bārīpipplī | Identified with (Tam) | attittippili, yāṉaittippili | Identified with (Mal) | attittippali, ānattippali | Identified with (Eng) | Oriental cashew | Botanical info | A large epiphytic climber growing on trees and rocks in forests throughout India, leaves large, up to 25 cm long, leathery, flowers densely arranged in the spandix which is cylindrical, fruit berries | Search occurrence | gajapippalī, gajakṛṣṇā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | See plant's image | Scindapsus officinalis Schott in Google image search | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 342) gajapippalī, f. = -kRSNā, Suśr. vi, 40, 36. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 342) gajakṛṣṇā, f. Scindapsus officinalis, Bhpr. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 67) attittippili: Elephant-pepper climber
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