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Vitex trifolia L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Vitex trifolia L.
Family	Lamiaceae
Identified with (Skt)	sindhuvāra, sinduvāra
Identified with (Hin)	saphed saṃhālū
Identified with (Tam)	nīrnocci, cirunocci
Identified with (Mal)	nocci, veṇnocci
Identified with (Eng)	Three-leaved chaste tree
Botanical info	An aromatic shrub growing throughout India mainly along water courses, leaves simple to trifoliate, flowers light blue to purple in terminal panicled cymes, fruits globose drupes, purplish black when ripe
Search occurrence	sindhuvāra, sinduvāra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1217) sindhuvāra, m. Vitex Negundo, MBh., R., Suśr., Pañcar.; a horse (of a good breed) brought from Sindh, L. (cf. -pAra-ja above). Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1217) sinduvāra, m. (cf. sindhu-v-) Vitex Negundo, Kāv., VarBṛS. (also -raka, L.); n. the berry of that plant, Kum. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2304) nīrnocci: 1. Three-leaved chaste tree, s. tr., Vitex trifolia; 2. Water peacock's-foot tree, s. tr., Vitex lencoxylou; 3. Smooth volkameria; 4. Purple fleabane

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