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Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth
Family	Convolvulaceae
Identified with (Skt)	kṛṣṇabīja
Identified with (Hin)	kālādānā, jhārmaric
Identified with (Tam)	ciṟikki, kākkaṭṭāṉ, koṭikkākkaṭṭaṉ
Identified with (Mal)	tāḷiyari
Identified with (Eng)	Morning glory, Pharbitis seeds
Search occurrence	kṛṣṇabīja, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 307) kṛṣṇabīja, m. "having a black seed", a Moringa with red blossoms, L.; (am) n. a water-melon, L.

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