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Solanum nigrum L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Solanum nigrum L.
Family	Solanaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Solanum rubrum Mill.
Identified with (Skt)	kākamācikā, kākamācī
Identified with (Hin)	makoy, gurakkāmai
Identified with (Tam)	maṇattakkāḷi, miḷakutakkāḷi
Identified with (Mal)	maṇattakkāḷi, karintakāḷi, karimtakāḷi
Identified with (Eng)	Black night-shade
Botanical info	A suffrutescent annual herb growing in dry areas of India, leaves ovate or oblong, flowers 3 - 8 in extra-axillary drooping subumbellate cymes, fruits purplish black or reddish berries
Search occurrence	kākamācikā, kākamācī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Solanum nigrum L. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 267) kākamācikā, f. the plant Solanum indicum (commonly Gūrkamai), L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 267) kākamācī, f. id., Suśr. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3037) maṇattakkāḷi: Black nightshade, s. sh., Solanum nigrum

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