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Ficus microcarpa L. f. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Ficus microcarpa L. f.
Family	Moraceae
Identified with (Lat)	Ficus retusa L.
Identified with (Skt)	plakṣa
Identified with (Pkt)	palakkha, pilakkhu, pilaṃkhu, piliṃkhu, pilukkha, piluṃka
Identified with (Hin)	kāmarūp
Identified with (Ben)	plakṣa, pākuṛ
Identified with (Tam)	kallicci, icci
Identified with (Mal)	itti, itiiyāl
Identified with (Eng)	Chinese banyan
Botanical info	A large evergreen tree with aerial roots, grows all over India up to 1300m elevation.
Search occurrence	plakṣa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Ficus microcarpa L. f. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 714) plakṣa, m. the waved-leaf fig tree, Ficus infectoria (a large and beautiful tree with small white fruit) AV. &c. &c.; the holy fig tree, Ficus religiosa, L.; Thespesia populneoides, L.; a side door or the space at the space of a door, L.; = dvīpa Pur.; N. of a man TBr.; (with prāsravaṇa) = -prasravaṇa TāṇḍBr. ŚrS.; (ā) f. N. of the river Sarasvatī MBh. Hariv. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 271) icci: 01 1. Oval-leaved fig; 2. Jointed ovate-leaved fig 02* icci-ttal, to desire, wish, crave for, covet 03 suff. Of the fem. Sing. Of nouns

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