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Amaranthus spinosus L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Amaranthus spinosus L.
Family	Amaranthaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Galliaria spinosa (L.) Nieuwl.
Identified with (Skt)	taṇḍulīya
Identified with (Hin)	cauleyī, kaṭelī
Identified with (Tam)	muḷḷukkīrai
Identified with (Mal)	muḷḷancīra, ceṛucīra
Identified with (Eng)	Prickly amaranth
Search occurrence	taṇḍulīya, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Amaranthus spinosus L. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 432) taṇḍulīka, m. Amaranthus polygonoides L. taṇḍulīya, m. (g. apūpādi) id., Suśr.; = °lu L.; iron pyrites, L.

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