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Plant name	kṛṣṇabīja
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	kṛṣṇabīja
Hindi name	kālādānā, jhārmaric
Tamil name	ciṟikki, kākkaṭṭāṉ, koṭikkākkaṭṭaṉ
Malayalam name	tāḷiyari
English name	Morning glory, Pharbitis seeds
Search occurrence	kṛṣṇabīja, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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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