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 Latin nameScindapsus officinalis Schott
 FamilyAraceae
 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 infoA 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 occurrencegajapippalī, gajakṛṣṇā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageScindapsus 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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