| Latin name | Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry | | Family | Myrtaceae | | Identified with (Lat) | Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb. | | Identified with (Skt) | lavaṅga, devakusuma | | Identified with (Hin) | lavaṅg, lauṅg | | Identified with (Tam) | kirampū | | Identified with (Mal) | karāmpū, karayāmpū, grāmpū | | Identified with (Eng) | Clove tree | | Botanical info | A pyramidal or conical evergreen tree cultivated in south India, leaves simple, lanceolate, fragrant, flower buds greenish to pink, clustered at the ends of the branches, highly aromatic, fruits fleshy, dark pink drupes, seeds oblong | | Search occurrence | lavaṅga, devakusuma, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 492)
devakusuma, n. 'divine flower', cloves, Bhpr. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 898)
lavaṃga, m. (Uṇ. i, 119) the clove tree; n. cloves, Kāv., Var., Kathās.; (ī), f. N. of an Apsaras Bālar.; of another woman Nalac.
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