Flowers 1- 10 out of the 99 flowers listed in Kurunji paatu.
Can be either Malabar Glory lily or Indian Coral tree or Scarlet Bahunia.
2. ஆம்பல் āmpal :
n. 1. [K. ābal, M. Tu. ām- bal.] White water Lily அல்லி. (பிங்.)
, n. prob. a-nitya. Flower supposed to be so delicate as to droop or even perish when smelt; மோந்தால் வாடும் பூ வகை. மோப்பக் குழையு மனிச்சம் (குறள், 90). Imaginary flower or flower which is extinct. NO satisfactory identification yet. One of the probable identification,
Fragrant water lily செங்கழுநீர்.
5. குறிஞ்சி kuṟriñci :
Square-branched conehead, Strobilanthes kunthianus.
6. வெட்சி veṭtci :
Scarlet ixora, m. sh., Ixora coccinea;
7. செங்கொடுவேரி ceṅn-koṭdu-vēri
See செங்கொடிவேலி. Rosy-flowered leadwort, m. cl., Plumbago rosea; ரோஜாநிறப் பூவுள்ள கொடிவகை.
8.தேமா tē-mā (தேமாம்பூ)
,[M. tēṇ- māvu.] Sweet mango, 1. tr., Mangifera indica; மாமரவகை.
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.
பெருமூங்கில் – Large bamboo, 1. tr., Bambusa arundinaca; மூங்கில் மரவகை.
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