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Latin name	Homonoia riparia Lour.
Family	Euphorbiaceae
Identified with (Skt)	jalavetasa, vetasa
Identified with (Hin)	jalbent
Identified with (Tam)	kāṭṭu araḷi
Identified with (Mal)	āṟṟuvaññi, puḻavaññi, nīṛvaññi, kāṭallari
Search occurrence	jalavetasa, vetasa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 415) jalavetasa, m. Calamus Rotang, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1014) vetasa, m. (cf. veta and vetra) the ratan (Calamus Rotang) or a similar kind of cane, a reed, rod, stick, RV. &c. &c.; the citron (Citrus Medica), MW.; N. of Agni, ib.; (ī), f. the ratan, cane, reed, Kathās. (°sī-taru, Sāh.); n. a lancet shaped like a pointed leaf of the ratan, Vāgbh.; N. of a city, Kathās. [Cf. accord. to some, Gk. ***; Lat. vitis; Germ. wida, Weide; Eng. withy.]

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