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Cucumis utilissimus Roxb. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Cucumis utilissimus Roxb.
Family	Cucurbitaceae
Identified with (Skt)	karkaṭī, ervāru
Identified with (Hin)	kakrī, tār-kakrī
Identified with (Tam)	kakkarikkāy, veḷḷari(kkāy)
Identified with (Mal)	kakkarikka
Identified with (Eng)	Snake cucumber
Search occurrence	karkaṭī, ervāru, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 232) ervāru, us, mf. Cucumis Utilissimus, Yājñ. iii, 142; Suśr.; (u), n. the fruit of the above plant. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 256) karkaṭī, f. Cucumis Utilissimus, L.

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