Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1274) sruva, m. (cf. sruc) a small wooden ladle (with a double extremity, or two oval collateral excavations, used for pouring clarified melted butter into the large ladle or Sruk [see sruc]; sometimes also employed instead of the latter in libations) RV. &c. &c.; a sacrifice, oblation L.; (ā) f. see below. sruvā, f. the ladle called Sruva L.; Sanseviera Roxburghiana L.; Boswellia Thurifera L. sruvāvṛkṣa, m. the tree Sruvā L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 949) (vi-) m. Flacourtia sapida (from which sacrificial vessels are made) TS. &c. &c.; (ā) f. Sida cordifolia and rhombifolia, L.; -tī-mukha mfn. thorny-mouthed, AV. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1315) caralaṅkā: East Indian plum, s. tr. Flacourtia cataphracta Dymock, Warden, Hooper: Pharmacographia Indica (vol. I, p. 152) Flacourtia cataphracta, Bixineae Fig.- Many-spined Flacourtia (Eng.) This is the PrÄchinÄmalaka of Sanskrit writers; it appears to be doubtful whether it is a native of India, as it is generally met with in a cultivated state. The author of the Makhzan-el-Adwiya speaks of two kinds of PaniÄla, one cultivated and the other wild. He describes the fruit as being like a plum, but differing from it in having 5 to 6 stones instead of one, and suggests that this difference may be due to the impurity of the astmosphere of Bengal operating upon the plum tree of Persia. The Bombay name Jaggam appears to be a corruption of Jangomas. Dalzell and Gibson consider the tree to be truly wild in the Southern Concan. The fruit is recommended as useful in bilious conditions; and like most acid fruits, it no doubt relieves the nausea and checks purging. It is the size of a plum, purple, and acid; indehiscent, with a hard endocarp; seeds 5 to 6, obvoid; testa coriaceous; cotyledons orbicular. F. Ramontchi, L'Herit., the Mauritius plum, and F. sepiaria, Roxb., have similar properties. None of these plants are of any importance medicinally, nor are they worth cultivating as fruit trees. Their bark and leaves are acid and astringent, and are sometimes used by the natives both internally and externally. The leaves of F. Cataphracta are oblong or oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, glabrous, crenate-serrate, 2-4 by 1-1 3/4 inches; they have a short petiole from 1/4 to 1/2 an inch in length. An oil is extracted from the seeds on the Malabar Coast.
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