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Saccharum officinarum L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Saccharum officinarum L.
Family	Poaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Saccharum chinense Roxb., Saccharum officinale Salisb.
Identified with (Skt)	puṇḍraka, ikṣu
Identified with (Hin)	puṇḍiyā, pauṇḍā, gannā
Identified with (Ben)	ẫkh, ikṣu
Identified with (Tam)	karimpu, puṇṭaram
Identified with (Mal)	karimpu
Identified with (Eng)	Sugarcane, Noble cane
Botanical info	A tall perennial grass up to 6m high, solid juicy stem, leaves up to 150cm long, inflorescence pink or white, extensively cultivated all over India.
Search occurrence	puṇḍraka, ikṣu, ikṣu, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Saccharum officinarum L. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 163) ikṣu, m. (2. iS Uṇ. iii, 157), the sugar-cane AV. i, 34, 5 Kauś. ĀśvGṛ. Mn. &c.; (twelve species of it are enumerated Suśr.); the stem of the sugar-cane Mn.; eyelash VS. TS. &c.; N. of a king VP. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 632) puṇḍraka, m. (pl.) the Puṇḍras (s.v.) Mn. x, 44(v.l. pauṇḍ-) MBh.; (sg.) a prince of the Puṇḍras MBh.; N. of sev. plants (= puNDra) L.; a frontal sectarian mark (see Urdhva-p-. tri-p-); a man who lives by breeding silk-worms Col.; N. of a poet (also puṇḍroka) Cat. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2753) puṇṭaram: 1. Marks on the forehead and other parts of the body, made with sandal, sacred ashes or earth; 2. White sugarcane; 3. Eagle; 4. Common delight of the woods;

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