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 Latin nameNeptunia oleracea Lour.
 FamilyLeguminosae
 Identified with (Skt)alambuṣā
 Identified with (Hin)lajjālu
 Identified with (Tam)cuṇṭaikkīrai
 Identified with (Mal)nīṛtoṭṭāvāṭi, nīṭṭitoṭṭāvāṭi
 Identified with (Eng)Sensitive water plant
 Search occurrencealambuṣā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageNeptunia oleracea Lour. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 94)
alambuṣā, f. a barrier, a line or anything to be crossed, L.; a sort of sensitive plant, Bhpr.; N. of an Apsaras, MBh. ix, 2931 seqq.; Kathās.


 
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