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Schrebera swietenioides Roxb. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.
Family	Oleaceae
Identified with (Skt)	muṣkaka, kṣāraśreṣṭha
Identified with (Hin)	mokā, banpalāś
Identified with (Tam)	kāṭṭupparutticceṭi, mokaliṅkam
Identified with (Mal)	malampḷāśu, muṣkkakavṛkṣam, maggamaram
Identified with (Eng)	Weaver’s beam tree
Search occurrence	muṣkaka, kṣāraśreṣṭha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 327) kṣāraśreṣṭha, m. id., L.; the tree Butea frondosa, L.; (am) n. alkaline earth (= vajra-kṣāra), L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 824) muṣkaka, m. a species of tree (the ashes of which are used as a cautery), Suśr.

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