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Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
Family	Malvaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Hibiscus esculentus L.
Identified with (Skt)	bheṇḍā
Identified with (Hin)	bhiṇḍī
Identified with (Tam)	veṇṭai
Identified with (Mal)	veṇṭa
Identified with (Eng)	Lady’s fingers, Okra
Search occurrence	bheṇḍā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 766) bheṇḍā, -ḍī f. and -ḍītaka m. Abelmoschus Esculentus, L. (bheṇḍā also "lotus-seed" ib.)

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