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Cissus quadrangularis L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family	Vitaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight
Identified with (Skt)	asthiśṛṅkhalā, vajravallī
Identified with (Hin)	haḍjoḍ, haḍjoḍā
Identified with (Tam)	piraṇṭai, vajjiravallī
Identified with (Mal)	caṅṅalamparaṇṭa, peraṇṭa
Identified with (Eng)	Edible-stemmed wine, Adamant creeper, Bone-setter
Search occurrence	asthiśṛṅkhalā, vajravallī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Cissus quadrangularis L. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 123) asthivilaya, m. the dissolving of bones (in a sacred stream). asthiśṛṅkhalā, f. id., L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 913) vajravallī, f. a species of sun-flower, Heliotropium Indicum, L.

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