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தமிழ் மலர்களும் மருத்துவமும் PDF
தமிழ் மலர்களும் மருத்துவமும் PDF
கா த kāntal
Can be either Malabar Glory lily or Indian Coral tree or Scarlet Bahunia.
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2. ஆ ப āmpal :
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3.அன ச anṉiccam
, n. prob. a-nitya. Flower supposed to be so delicate as to droop or even perish when smelt;
ேமா தா வா வைக. ேமா ப ைழ மன ச ( ற , 90).
Imaginary flower or flower which is extinct. NO satisfactory identification yet. One of the
probable identification,
4. வைள kuvaḷlai
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5. றி%சி kuṟriñci :
6. ெவ&சி veṭtci :
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Scarlet ixora, m. sh., Ixora coccinea;
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8.ேதமா tē-mā (ேதமா )
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9. மண சிைக Maṇniccikai
Maṇiccikai is identified as kuṉṟi by TL but since kuṉṟi also figures in the list later this
identification doesn’t seem appropriate. Sami has identified as Ipomea Sepiaria. Tamil Lexicon
identifies this flower as mañcikai. In Sanskrit this flower is known as manjika.
10.உ ./ untūḻl
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11.2வ ள kūvliḷam
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12. எ4/ eṟruḻl
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13.9 ள cuḷḷlli :
14. 2வ ர kūviram
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15. வடவன vaṭda-vaṉnam
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16. வாைக vākai
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17. டச kuṭtacam :
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18. எ0ைவ eruvai :
Eruvai has been identified as kōrai by Naccinarkiniyar.Sami identifies eruvai in line with some
old commentary to be bulrush variety, Typha angustata.
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20. க0வ ள karu-viḷlam :
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21.பய ன payiṉni
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23. ரவ kuravam
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24. ப9 ப ( pacu-m-piṭdi :
25. வ ள vakuḷlam :
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26.காயா kāyā
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27. ஆவ ைர āvirai
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29. <ர cūral
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30. சி4 ைள ciṟu-pūḷlai :
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32. 0கிைல kurukilai
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33. ம0த marutam
ம08 may be -1. Arjuna. See ந#$ம08. 2. Black winged myrobalan. See க0ம08. 3.
Flowering murdah. See ம08.
34.ேகா க kōṅnkam :
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35. ேபா க pōṅnkam :
Ponkam and tilkam both are identified as Manjadi. Tilkam is Adenanthera paronina and ponkam
is Ormosia travancorica Bedd. also known as Manjadi in vernacular name.
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36. திலக tilakam :
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37. பாதி' pātiri
[T. pādiri, K. pādari.] Yellow-flowered fragrant trumpet- flower tree, 1. tr., Stereospermum
chelonoides; ெபா:ன ற= ள +ைடய மரவைக.
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39. அதிர atiral
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40. ச?பக caṇnpakam
41. கர ைத karantai :
P.L.Sami and K.Sivathambi identify Karantai as Sphaeranthus indicus- east Indian globe thistle.
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42. ளவ kuḷlavi :
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43.மா mā – @ள மா puḷimā
44. தி ைல tillai :
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Blinding tree, s. tr., Excoecaria agallocha;
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46. = ைல mullai
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2.Jasminum trichotomum
3.Jasminum auriculatum
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47. க%ச ைல kañcaṅ-kullai
Kullai is identified as Kancan Kullai by Naccinarkiniyar . Which is nothing but Ganja – Indian
Hemp.
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48.ப டவ piṭtavam
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50. வாைழ vāḻlai
, n. < id. [K. bāle, M. vāla, Tu. vāre.] Plantain, Musa paradisiaca;
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51. வ ள vaḷḷlli
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53. தாைழ tāḻlai (page 1854)
Spathe of the coconut tree; ெத க பாைள- Coconut flower with the integument covering it;
ெத:ன உ ளட கிய உைற.
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54. தளவ taḷlavam
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55.தாமைர tamarai
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1. Orange cup-calyxed brasiletto-climber wagaty. Caesalpinia cucullata
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58. ெகா ( kokuṭdi
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60. ெச ம cemmal
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61.சி4ெச ரலி ciṟru-ceṅn-kurali
62.ேகாட kōṭtal
ெவ?கா த veṇ-kāntaḷ- White species of Malabar glory lily, m. cl., Gloriosa superba;
ெச(வைக. (@றநா. 90, உைர.)
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63. ைகைத kaitai
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64. வைழ vaḻlai
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65. கா%சி kāñci
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66. க0 வைள karun-ṅ-kuvaḷlai – க0 வைள (மண ைல)
Red Water Lily- Nymphaea rubra; வைளவைக.
67. பா க$ pāṅnkar
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, n. Tooth brush tree.உகா ukā - Salvadora persica; ஓைம.
.
68. மராஅ marāam
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69. தண க taṇnakkam
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70. ஈ ைக īṅnkai
Īnkai is identified as Mimosa rubicaulis by Lexicon. And Sami identifies a similar species
Mimosa torta (synonyms of acacia caesia mentioned in his paper). Mimosa torta seems to be
right identification since Mimosa rubicaulis has habitat of Himalayas and is not natural to Tamil
Nadu.
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72. ெகா:ைற koṉṟnrai
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73. அ @ aṭtumpu
, n. [K. Tu. aḍumbu, M. aṭumbu.] Hare leaf. அட @. [M. aṭampu.] Hare-leaf, m. cl., Ipomaea
biloba L.
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75. அவைர avarai
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76. பக:ைற pakaṉṟnrai
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77. பலாச palācam
78. ப ?( piṇṭnti
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79. வ%சி vañci
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Wild Jasmine - Jasminum angustifolium
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82. 8 ைப tumpai
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, n. cf. tulasī. Sacred basil - 8ளசி tuḷaci - Sacred basil, Ocimum sanctum; தி078ழாA.
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85. ந தி nanti
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87. @:னாக puṉṉnākam
Calophyllum elatum – Vernacular name - Poon
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ப07தி parutti, [K. parti, M. parutti.] Indian cotton-plant, Gossypium herbaceum; ப%9
உ?டா % ெச(வைக.
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90. 0 க7தி kurukkatti ,
Common delight of the woods, m. cl., Hiptage madablota; மாதவ ெகா(.
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91. ஆர āram
அகி akil [M. akil, Heb. ahalim, Gr. agallochon.] Eagle-wood, Aquilaria agallocha;
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93. @:ைன puṉṉnnai ,
n. < punnāga. Mast-wood, Calophyllum inophyllum;
94. நர த narantam
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95. நாக nāka-p-pū ,
சி4நாக - Ironwood of Ceylon, Mesua ferrea;
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இ0வா&சி.- jasminum sambac var.
‘iruvatchi’/'virupakshi’
Pictures of Iruvatchi Jasmine in these slides are the only available pics of these flowers in
internet. It took us more than a month to find this flower. This flower has less commercial value,
hence couldn’t be found in any flower markets. But we got information from the flower sellers
that this flower was used by hair weavers who weave for marriage sauvri. These flowers are used
as decoration, these flowers have longer stem hence can be use to poke into the weaved hair.
Those hair weavers wouldn’t sell it and after persuasion the flowers were bought and
photographed. Thanks to Mr.Mahendran Sa, Mr.Balakumaran Kamaraj and his mother,
Gopalapuram Krishna temple florist Mr.Murugesan, my parents and Mr. Jagannathan Narayanan
97. 0 த kuruntam
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98. ேவ ைக vēṅnkai
99. @ழ puḻlaku
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Crown Flower-Calotropis gigantea
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