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Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.
Family	Oxalidaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Oxalis sensitiva L.
Identified with (Skt)	jhullapuṣpa, viparītalajjālu
Identified with (Hin)	lajjālu, lakṣmaṇā
Identified with (Tam)	tīṇṭānāḻi
Identified with (Mal)	mukkuṟṟi
Search occurrence	jhullapuṣpa, viparītalajjālu, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 895) lajjālu, mfn. shameful, bashful, timid (in Prākṛt °luka), Ratnāv.; f. Mimosa Pudica, Bbpr.

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