Flowers 41-50 of 99 flowers mentioned in Kurunjipaatu .
41. கரந்தை karantai :
P.L.Sami and K.Sivathambi identify Karantai as Sphaeranthus indicus- east Indian globe thistle.
It can be either Indian cork – Millingtonia hortensis or Patchouli – Pogostemon Cablin
43.மா mā – புளிமா puḷimā
Wild variety of Mango.Mangifera pinnata.
44. தில்லை tillai :
Blinding tree, s. tr., Excoecaria agallocha;
45. பாலை pālai
Paalai is very broad category. Many flowers may be denoted by Paalai .
P.L.Sami identifies it as Wrigthia Tinctoria and K.Sivathambi identifies it as Mimusops kauki.
46. முல்லை mullai
, n. [T. molla, K. molle, M. mulla.]
1. Arabian jasmine, m. sh., Jasminum sambac;
2.Jasminum trichotomum
3.Jasminum auriculatum
47. கஞ்சங்குல்லை kañcaṅ-kullai
Kullai is identified as Kancan Kullai by Naccinarkiniyar . Which is nothing but Ganja – Indian Hemp.
Bedaly emetic-nut, Randia malabarica;
49.செங்கருங்காலி cneṅ-karuṅnkāli
Red catechu, m. tr., Acacia sundra;
50. வாழை vāḻlai
, n. < id. [K. bāle, M. vāla, Tu. vāre.] Plantain, Musa paradisiaca;
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