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Cayratia carnosa (Lam.) Gagnep. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Cayratia carnosa (Lam.) Gagnep.
Family	Vitaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Cissus carnosa Lam.
Identified with (Skt)	gandīra
Identified with (Hin)	amalbel, raṃcānā, gidardrāk
Identified with (Tam)	kāṭṭuppiraṇṭai
Identified with (Mal)	amaṛcakkoṭi, coṛivaḷḷi, kāṭṭuperaṇṭa, vātakkoṭi
Identified with (Eng)	Fox-grape
Search occurrence	gandīra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 344) gaṇḍīra, as, m. a kind of pot-herb (described as growing in watery ground, but according to some a species of cucumber), Suśr. i; iv, 4, 30; a hero, L.; (ī), f. Tithymalus antiquorum, L. (cf. gāṇḍ°)

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