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Plant name	ālamaram
Language	Tamil
Latin name	Ficus benghalensis L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	nyagrodha, vaṭa
Prakrit name	ṇaggoha, ṇiggoha
Hindi name	baṭ, bargad
Bengali name	baṭ
Tamil name	ālamaram, pērāl
Malayalam name	pērāl, vaṭavṛkṣam
English name	Indian banyan
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 247) Banyan, l. tr., Ficus bengalensis

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