| Latin name | Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi | | Family | Cucurbitaceae | | Identified with (Lat) | Solena heterophylla Lour., Melothria heterophylla Cogn. | | Identified with (Skt) | amlavetasa | | Identified with (Hin) | taralī, amantamūl | | Identified with (Tam) | puḷivañci | | Identified with (Mal) | ñeriññāmpuḷi | | Botanical info | A perennial plant growing throughout India up to 2100 m, with several tuberous roots, leaves polymorphous, flowers small, yellow, fruits oblong-ovoid, cylindrical, brown, ribbed, bright red when ripe | | Search occurrence | amlavetasa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 84)
amlavetasa, m. a kind of dock or sorrel, Rumex Vesicarius, MBh. iii, 11568, Suśr.; (am), n. vinegar (obtained from fruit), L. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. S-368)
puḷivañci: a creeper with sour fruits
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