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Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine
Family	Acanthaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Barleria auriculata Schumach., Hygrophila schulli M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida, Barleria longifolia L.
Identified with (Skt)	kokilākṣa, ikṣura
Identified with (Hin)	tālmakhānā, kāṃṭakāliyā
Identified with (Tam)	nīrmuḷḷi
Identified with (Mal)	vayalccuḷḷi, cuḷḷi
Identified with (Eng)	Long-leaved barleria
Search occurrence	kokilākṣa, ikṣura, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 164) ikṣura, m. Capparis Spinosa; Asteracantha Longifolia; Saccharum Spontaneum, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 312) kokilākṣa, m. = °lanayana, Hcar. kokilanayana, m. "having eyes like those of the Koïl", a plant bearing a dark black flower (Capparis spinosa or Asteracantha longifolia or Barleria longifolia), L.

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