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« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2014, 07:42:54 PM »
16. வாகை vākai

[K. Tu. bāge, M. vāga.] Sirissa/women’s tounge; Albizzia lebbeck; மரவகை.



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« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2014, 07:43:56 PM »
17. குடசம் kuṭtacam :

குடசப்பாலை-Conessi bark, s. tr., Holarrhena anti- dysenterica;



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« Reply #17 on: August 17, 2014, 07:44:58 PM »
18. எருவை 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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« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2014, 07:45:56 PM »
19. செருவிளை ceru-viḷlai

வெள்ளைக்காக்கணம் – White-flowered mussell-shell creeper, s. cl., Clitoria ternatea-albiflora;



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« Reply #19 on: August 17, 2014, 07:46:47 PM »
20. கருவிளம் karu-viḷlam :

காக்கட்டான் kākkaṭṭtāṉn –  Mussell-shell creeper, s. cl., Clitoria ternatea typica;/size]


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« Reply #20 on: August 18, 2014, 07:18:52 PM »
21.பயினி payiṉni

(flower of) n. [Tu. pāini.] A kind of tree peculiar to hilly tracts;

பின்னியாக்கம்- Indian gum anime,Vateria indica.


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« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2014, 07:20:02 PM »
22. வானி vāṉni :

ஏர்க்குளி ērkkuḷli – white hard wood, Euonymus dichotomus.


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« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2014, 07:21:16 PM »
23. குரவம் kuravam

குரா kurā – n. cf. kurava. Bottle-flower, s. tr., Webera corymbosa; குராமரம்.


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« Reply #23 on: August 18, 2014, 07:22:11 PM »
24. பசும்பிடி pacu-m-piṭdi :

பச்சிலை -Mysore gamboge, l. tr., Garcinia xanthochymus;


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« Reply #24 on: August 18, 2014, 07:23:12 PM »
25.  வகுளம் vakuḷlam :

மகிழ்³ – n. < makula. Pointed-leaved ape-flower, l. tr., Mimusaps elangi;


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« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2014, 07:24:05 PM »
26.காயா kāyā

n. 1. Ironwood tree, s. tr., Memecylon edule; காசாமரம்.


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« Reply #26 on: August 18, 2014, 07:24:59 PM »
27. ஆவிரை āvirai

n. Tanner’s senna, 1. sh., Cassia auriculata;


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« Reply #27 on: August 18, 2014, 07:25:52 PM »
28. வேரல் vēral

Vēral is identified as Ciṟu-mūṅkil by Naccinarkiniyar , lexicon identifies ciṟumūṅkil as Dendrocalamus strictus. Sami has identified it as arundinaria wightiana. Sami bases his identification from Naṟṟiṇai 232 poem description of this plant near sholas forming live fences for small mountain village. The vernacular name of this plant is Chewari and it is common on the Nilgris where it covers the upper slopes of the hills above 1800 m, chiefly as an under wood in the evergreen sholas.


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« Reply #28 on: August 18, 2014, 07:26:47 PM »
29. சூரல் cūral

சூரை – Oblique-leaved jujube, Zizyphus oenoplia;


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« Reply #29 on: August 18, 2014, 07:27:40 PM »
30. சிறுபூளை ciṟu-pūḷlai :

A common wayside weed, Aerua lanata; நடைவழியில் முளைக்கும் ஒருவகைப்பூடு.