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Plant name	kāsamarda
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Cassia occidentalis L. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Senna occidentalis (L.) Link
Sanskrit name	kāsamarda
Hindi name	kasaumdī, bārīkasaumdī
Tamil name	takarai, pēyāvirai, poṉṉāvirai
Malayalam name	ponnāvīram, ponnārīvīram
English name	Negro coffee, Stinking weed
Search occurrence	kāsamarda, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 281) kāsamarda, m. "cough-destroying", Cassia Sophora, Suśr.; a remedy against cough (an acid preparation, mixture of tamarinds and mustard), L.

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