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Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn) Mabb. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn) Mabb.
Family	Bignoniaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Stereospermum personatum (Hassk.) Chatterjee, Bignonia suaveolens Roxb.
Identified with (Skt)	pāṭalā
Identified with (Hin)	parāl, pāṭar, pādrī
Identified with (Tam)	pātiri, pūmpātiri
Identified with (Mal)	pūppātiri, pātiri
Identified with (Eng)	Trumpet flower tree, Yellow snake tree
Botanical info	A large deciduous tree growing throughout India, leaves imparipinnate, large, flowers yellow, tinged with red, fragrant, fruits capsules, cylindrical, seeds winged at each end
Search occurrence	pāṭalā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 615) pāṭala, mf(ā)n. pale red, pink, pallid, Kauś., Var., Kāv.; (f. ī) made of the Pāṭalī or forming a part of it g. bilvādi; m. a pale red hue, rose colour, Rājat.; Bignonia Suaveolens (the tree bearing the trumpet-flower), MBh., Kāv. &c.; a species of rice ripening in the rains, Suśr.; Rottleria Tinctoria, L.; N. of a man, Rājat.; (ā), f. Bignonia Suaveolens, Kāv.; red Lodhra, L.; a kind of fresh water fish, Suśr.; a form of Durgā Tantras.; of Dālkshāyaṇī, MatsyaP.; n. the trumpet-flower (also ā, f.), MBh., Kāv. &c.; saffron, L. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2608) pātiri: 01 1. Yellow-flowered fragrant trumpetflower tree, l. tr., Stereospermum chelonoides; 2. Purple-flowered fragrant trumpet-flower tree, m. tr., Stereospermum suaveoleons; 3. White-flowered trumpet-flower tree, m. tr., Stereospermum xylocarpum; 4. Cf. Patīra bamboo 02 Christian missionary, clergyman Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2839) pūmpātiri: 1. Trumpet-flower; 2. Rose-flowered fragrant trumpet-tree, m. tr., Stereospermum snaneolens; 3. Elliptic leaved trumpet tree, m. tr., Dolichandrone crispa

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