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Plant name karañja  Language Sanskrit  Latin name Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre - please click to view full record  Latin name (synonyms) Pongamia glabra Vent., Derris indica (Lam.) Bennet  Sanskrit name karañja  Hindi name karañj, karañjā  Bengali name karañja, karamardda  Tamil name poṅkā, taṭṭaippuṅku, nattam, nīrppuṅku, puṅkumaram  Malayalam name uṅṅu, poṅṅu  English name Indian beech, Pongam oil tree  Search occurrence karañja, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts  Encyclopedias &  Dictionaries

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