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Spondias pinnata Kurz details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Spondias pinnata Kurz
Family	Anacardiaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Spondias mangifera Willd.
Identified with (Skt)	āmrātaka, āmrāta
Identified with (Hin)	amrā, jaṅglī-ām
Identified with (Tam)	māmpulicci, ampaḷam, kāttimākirāṅkāy
Identified with (Mal)	ampāḷam, ampaḷam, māmpuḷi
Identified with (Eng)	Wild mango, Hog-plum
Botanical info	An aromatic, deciduous tree up to 27 m high, leaves compound, thick bark, many flowers in terminal spreading panicles, fruits fleshy drupes with woody endocarp, growing throughout India
Search occurrence	āmrātaka, āmrāta, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 147) āmrāta, m. the hog-plum, Spondias Mangifera, Suśr. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 147) āmrātaka, m. the hog-plum, Spondias Mangifera, MBh., R., Suśr.; inspissated mango juice, L.; N. of a mountain, R.; (ī), f. a kind of climbing plant, L. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3162) māmpuḷicci: Indian hog plum

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