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Plant name	sruvavṛkṣa
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeus. - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Flacourtia cataphracta Roxb.
Sanskrit name	vikaṅkata, sruvavṛkṣa
Hindi name	pāniyālā, pāniyāmalak
Bengali name	tāli
Tamil name	vaiyyaṅkārai, caralaṅkā
Malayalam name	vaiyyaṅkata, vayyaṅkataku
English name	Puneala plum, Spiked flacourtia
Search occurrence	vikaṅkata, sruvavṛkṣa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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.

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