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Plant name	śyāmalā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) R.Br. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Apocynum frutescens L.
Sanskrit name	utpalasārivā, pālindī, śyāmalā
Hindi name	kālīdūdhī, dūdhī
Tamil name	pālvaḷḷi, utarkkoṭi
Malayalam name	pāṛvaḷḷi, pālvaḷḷi
Search occurrence	utpalasārivā, pālindī, śyāmalā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1094) śyāmala, mf(ā)n. dark-coloured, Hariv.; Kāv. &c.; m. black (the colour), W.; a kind of bee, L.; Terminalia Arjuna, PañcavBr.; Sch.; a species of plant serving as a substitute for the Soma plant (= pūtīka), KātyŚr.; Sch.; the sacred fig-tree, L.; black pepper, W.; N. of a poet, Sadukt.; Kshem.; of another man, Vāś., Introd.; (ā), f. N. of various plants (Physalis Flexuosa; = kaṭa-ohī; = kastūrī; = jambū), L.; a form of Durgā, L.; N. of a woman, Buddh.

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