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Latin name	Pterospermum canescens Roxb.
Family	Sterculiaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Pterospermum suberifolium (L.) Lam.
Identified with (Skt)	mucukunda
Identified with (Hin)	mucukund
Identified with (Ben)	mucukunda
Identified with (Tam)	ciṟṟilaipolavu, veṇnāṅku
Identified with (Mal)	ciṟṟilapḷāvu, mucukundam
Identified with (Eng)	Cork-leaved bayur
Botanical info	A medium sized tree, fragrant white flowers, oblong fruits, grows all over India up to 900m elevation.
Search occurrence	mucukunda, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 821) mucukunda, m. Pterospermum Suberifolium L.; N. of a Daitya L.; of an ancient king (or Muni) MBh. BhP.; of a son of Māndhātṛi (who assisted the gods in their wars with the demons and was rewarded by the boon of a long and unbroken sleep) MBh. Pur.; of a son of Yadu Hariv.; of the father of Candra-bhāga Cat.; of a poet of Kāśmīra ib. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1453) ciṟṟilaipolavu: 1. Creamy-leaved lancewood, m. tr., Pterospermum suberifolium; 2. Rusty-leaved lancewood, l. tr., Ptrerospermum rubiginosum Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3779) veṇṇāṅku: 1. Cremy-leaved lancewood, m. tr. Pterospermum ruberifolium; 2. Maple-leaved lance wood, l. tr., Pterospermum acerifolium

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