Flowers 61-70 of 99 flowers mentioned in Kurunjipaatu.
61.சிறுசெங்குரலி ciṟru-ceṅn-kurali
A mountain creeper; கருந்தாமக்கொடி.
Sami Identifies it as Water Chestnut – Trapa bispinosa.
வெண்காந்தள் veṇ-kāntaḷ- White species of Malabar glory lily, m. cl., Gloriosa superba; செடிவகை. (புறநா. 90, உரை.)
Yellow glory lilly – Gloriosa superba
[M. kaidā.] Fragrant screw-pine. தாழை. Pandanus odoratissimus;
64. வழை vaḻlai
சுரபுன்னை cura-puṉṉnai Long-leaved two-sepalled gamboge, Ochrocarpus longifolius;
, n. 1. River portia. See ஆற்றுப்பூவரசு. , Trewia nudiflora;
67. பாங்கர் pāṅnkar
, n. Tooth brush tree.உகா ukā – Salvadora persica; ஓமை.
Lac tree – Shorea talura
Whirling Nut , Gyrocarpus jacquinii (synonym Gyrocarpus americanus) – vernacular name in Telugu – Tanakkam
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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