Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 719)
bakula, m. (also written vakula) a kind of tree, Mimusops elengi (said to put forth blossoms when sprinkled with nectar from the mouth of lovely women), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; N. of Śiva, MBh. xiii, 1223; of a country, Buddh.; (ā) f. Helleborus niger, L.; (ī) f. a kind of drug, L.; n. the fragrant flower of Mimusops elengi, MBh.; Kāv. &c.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 143)
alaku: 1. Number, calculation; 2. Measure, quantity; 3. Standard of measurement; 4. Cowries, small shells, as signs of number in reckoning; 5. Berries of Mimusops elengi; 6. Grains of paddy; 7. Ear of paddy or other grain; 8. Weapon, arms; 9. Pointedness; 10. Blade of a weapon or instrument, head of an arrow; 11. Bird’s beak; 12. Jaw; 13. Mandibles; 14. Rafter; 15. Broom; 16. Weaver’s stay or staff to adjust a warp; 17. Breadth, extension; 18. Species of alternanthera; 19. Gnat; 20. A lakh of areca nuts; 21. Male Palmyra when tapped for juice so as to give a late yield

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 341)
ilañci: 1. Reservoir, tank for drinking and other purposes; 2. Lake for irrigation; 3. Navel; 4. Disposition, temper; 5. Rat snake; 6. Pointed-leaved ape-flower; 7. Wall round a fortress or a town; 8. Indian beech

Dymock, Warden, Hooper: Pharmacographia Indica (vol. II, pp. 362-363)
Mimusops Elengi, Sapotaceae
This highly ornamental tree, with dark green, oblong, alternate leaves and small white fragrant flowers, which turn to a tawny yelloe colour before they fall, is very common in gardens in India. It is the Vakula, Kesara and Sinha-kesara, "lion's mane" of Sanskrit writers. Chakradatta mentions the astringent properties of the unripe fruit, and recommends it to be chewed for the purpose of fixing loose teeth. He also mentions a decoction of the astringent bark as a useful gargle in diseases of the gums and teeth. In the Concan a similar use is made of the unripe fruit, and the fruit and flowers along with other astringents are used to prepare a lotion for sores and wounds. MÄŤr Muhammad Husain notices the practice of planting this tree on account of its handsome appearance. He says that the unripe fruit and seeds have powerful astringent properties, and that the decoction of the bark is useful as an astringent in discharges from the mucous membrane of the bladder and urethra, and also as a gargle in relaxation of the gums, &c. He mentions the use of a snuff made from the dried and powdered flowers in a disease called Ahwa, common in Bengal. The symptoms of this disease are strong fever, headache and pain in the neck, shoulders and other parts of the body. The powdered flowers induce a copious defluxion from the nose and relieve the pain in the head. The flowers are much used by the natives on account of their perfume, which they retain when dry; pillows are sometimes stuffed with them, and they afford a distilled water. The juice of the bark and unripe fruit is used by silk dyers to fix colours. Rumphius states that the pounded leaves are applied to cure headache, that a decoction of the root is given in angina, whilst a plaster made from them is applied externally. The ripe fruit pounded and mixed with water is given to promote delivery in childbirth. (Hort. Amb. III., 17.) Horsfield (Asiat. Journ. VII. p. 262) describes the bark as an astringent tonic, and Dr. Bholanauth Bose states that a decoction of it forms a good gargle in salivation. (Pharm. of India, p. 131.)