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 Plant nameWater chestnut
 LanguageEnglish
 Latin nameTrapa natans L. var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Makino - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Trapa bispinosa Roxb.
 Sanskrit nameśṛṅgāṭaka
 Hindi namesiṃghārā, siṃghāḍā
 Tamil nameciṅkārakkōṭṭai
 Malayalam namekarimpōḷam, vankoṭṭakkāya
 English nameWater chestnut, Caltrops, Singhara nut
 
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