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Plant name	sītāphala
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Annona squamosa L. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Annona asiatica L.
Sanskrit name	sītāphala
Hindi name	sītāphal
Tamil name	cīttā(ppaḻam)
Malayalam name	sītappaḻam, attaccakka
English name	Custard apple, Sugar apple
Search occurrence	sītāphala, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1218) sītāphala, m. "bearing Sitā’s fruit", Annona Squamosa, MW.; n. the fruit itself, ib.

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