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Plant name	āmrātaka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Spondias pinnata Kurz - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Spondias mangifera Willd.
Sanskrit name	āmrātaka, āmrāta
Hindi name	amrā, jaṅglī-ām
Tamil name	māmpulicci, ampaḷam, kāttimākirāṅkāy
Malayalam name	ampāḷam, ampaḷam, māmpuḷi
English name	Wild mango, Hog-plum
Search occurrence	āmrātaka, āmrāta, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	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.

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