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99 தமி க
றிசி பா

99 Tamil Flower
Kurunjippaatu

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1. காத kāntaḷ

•
Common name:
Malabar glory lily,
red or white species,
• Scientific/Latin
name:
Gloriosa superba
• Flower sacred to
Murugan

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2.ஆப āmpal

• Common
Name:
Water-lily
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
nymphaea lotus
• Also known as
அலி.

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 3.அனச aniccam
http://siddhadreams.blogspot.com/200
5/12/this-is-plant-anicham-mentioned-
in.html
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• a-nitya. Flower supposed to be
so delicate as to droop or
even perish when smelt;
The flower is extinct according
to all major sources.
(recently in internet a claim that
Anicham flower has been
rediscovered by Mr.
Kumarasamy, former professor
in medicinal botany,
Govt Siddha Medical College
Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu,
India.
Scientific Name: Anagallis
arvensis Linn.)
• This claim is to be confirmed –
further study required.
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4. வைள kuvaḷai

• Common Name:
Purple Indian water-
lily
• Scientific/Latin
Name:Nymphaea
odorata
• Also known as
ெச க!ந#$
Kuvalai could also
mean Karunkuvalai.

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5. றிசி kuṟiñci

• Common Name:
conehead
• Scientific/Latin
name:
Strobilanthes;
• வைக. (L.)

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6. ெவசி veṭci

• Common Name:
Scarlet ixora
• Scientific/Latin
name: Ixora
coccinea;

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7. ெச ெகாேவr cen-kodu-vēri

• Common Name:
Rosy-flowered
leadwort
• Scientific/Latin name:
Plumbago rosea
• Also Known as
ெச ெகா'ேவலி.

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8.ேதமா tē-mā (ேதமா)

• Common
Name:
Sweet
mango
• Scientific/L
atin Name:
Mangifera
indica

•This species must be a slightly different one from the common

Mango (Since the poet also mentions Mango tree later)
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9. மண)சிைக maṇi-c-cikai

• Common Name:
Crab's eye
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Abrus precatorius;
• Also known
as *றி

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10. உ, untūḻ

• Common Name:
Large bamboo
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Bambusa arundinaca
• Also known as
ெப-. கி.
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11. /வ)ள kūviḷam

• Common Name:
Bael
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Aegle marmelos
• Also known as
வ)வ.

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12. எ1 eṟuḻ
• A hill tree with
red flowers;
ெசநிற 2ைட
ய றிசிநில56
மரவைக.
• Scientific name could
not be identified.

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13. 8ள cuḷḷi

• Common Name:
Ceylon ebony
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Diospyros ebenum

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14. /வ)ர kūviram
• (flower of)
A mountain tree;
மைலமரவைக
• This flower/tree has
not been identified.

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15. வடவன vaṭa-vaṉam

• Common
Name:
Indian banyan
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Ficus
benghalensis L
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16. வாைக vākai

• Common Name:
Sirissa
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Albizzia
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17. டச kuṭacam

• Common Name:
Conessi bark
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Holarrhena anti-
dysenterica
• Also known as
டச பாைல,
கச :ெவபாைல

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18. எ-ைவ eruvai

• Common Name:
European bamboo
reed
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Arundo donax
• Also known as
ெகா1ைக
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19. ெச-வ)ைள ceru-vilai

• Common Name:
White-flowered mussell-
shell creeper
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Clitoria ternatea-albiflora
• Also known as
ெவைள காகண
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20. க-வ)ள karu-viḷam

• Common Name:
Mussell-shell creeper
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Clitoria ternatea
typica
• Also known as
காகடா*

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21.பய)ன payiṉi
• (flower of) A kind of
tree peculiar to hilly
tracts;
றிசிநில56
உ;டா
ஒ-வைக மர
• Not Identified

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22. வான vāṉi
• (flower of) A tree;
மரவைக.
• Not Identified

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23. ரவ kuravam

• Common
Name:
Bottle-flower
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Webera
corymbosa
• Also known as
ரா
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24. ப8ப)' pacu-m-piṭi

• Common Name:
Mysore gamboge
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Garcinia
xanthochymus
• Also known as
பசிைல
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25. வ ள vakuḷam

• Common
Name:
Pointed-leaved
ape-flower
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Mimusaps
elangi
• Also known as
மகி

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26.காயா kāyā

• Common Name:
Ironwood tree
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Memecylon edule

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27. ஆவ)ைர āvirai

• Common
Name:
Tanner's
senna
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Cassia
auriculata

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28. ேவர vēral

• Common Name:
Swollen node-ringed semi-solid
medium bamboo
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Dendrocalamus strictus
• Also Known as சி1. கி
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29. =ர cūra

• Common
Name:
Oblique-
leaved jujube
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Ziziphus
oenoplia
• Also known
as =ைர

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30. சி1ைள ciru-pūlai

• Common
Name:
Common
wayside
weed
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Aerua
lanata

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 31. 1ந1 க;ண) kuṟu-naṟu-ṅ-kaṇṇi

• Common
Name:
Crab's eye
• Scientific/L
atin Name:
Abrus
precatorius
• Also known
as *1
•மண)சிைக(flower 9 in the list) also has same meaning , probably they
are two variants of the same species.
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32. -கிைல kurukilai

• A tree; ஓ$ மர.
Unidentified

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33.ம-த marutam
• Common
Name:
Arjuna
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Terminalia
arjuna
• Also known
as ம-6

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34.ேகா க kōṅkam
• Common Name:
False tragacanth
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Cochlospermum
gossypium
• Also known as
ேகா கில2

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35. ேபா க pōṅkam
• A variety of red-wood
மசா' மர வைக

மசா'
• Common Name :
Red-wood
• Scientific/ Latin Name:
Adenanthera paronina

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36. திலக tilakam
• Common Name:
Barbados pride
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Caesalpinia gilliesii

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37. பாதிr pātiri

• Common Name:
Yellow -flowered
fragrant trumpet-
flower tree
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Stereospermum
chelonoides

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38. ெச-தி cerunti
• Common Name:
Panicled golden-
blossomed pear
tree
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Ochna squarrosa
• Also known as
சிலதி

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39. அதிர atiral

• Common
Name:
Wild jasmine
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Jasminum
angustifolium
• Also known
as
கா
மலிைக

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40. ச;பக caṇpakam

• Common
Name:
Champak
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Michelia
champaca

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41. கரைத karantai
• Common Name:
Sweet basil
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Ocinum basilicum
• Also known as
தி-ந#?1 பைச

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 42. ளவ) kuḷavi
• Common
Name:
Indian cork.
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Millingtonia
hortensis

•Also known as காமலி ,மைலமலிைக

This word means two types of flowers. Indian cork is locally called as kāṭṭu-
mallii , since Atiral(flower 39) also means Wild Jasmine , I assume that the
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43.மாமர mā-maram (மா)

• Common
Name:
Mango
tree
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Mangifera
indica
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44. திைல tillai

• Common
Name:
Blinding tree
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Excoecaria
agallocha

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45. பாைல pālai

• Paalai
could mean
many
variety of
flowers –
Please see
disambigua
tion slides

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 46. @ைல mullai
• Common Name:
Arabian jasmine
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Jasminum
sambac

•Mullai could mean many variety of flowers – Please see disambiguation slides
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47. கச ைல kañcaṅ-kullai

• Common
Name:
White-
Basil
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Ocimum
album

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48. ப)டவ piṭavam

• Common Name:
Bedaly emetic-nut
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Randia malabarica;
• Also known as
' ப)டவ

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49. ெச க- காலி ceṅ-karuṅkāli

• Common
Name:
Red
catechu
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Acacia
catechu-
sundra

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50. வாைழ vāḻai
• Common Name:
Plantain
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Musa paradisiaca

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51. வள vaḷḷi

• Common
Name:
Sweet potato
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Convolvulus
batatas

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52. ெநBத neytal
• Common
Name:
White
Indian
water-lily
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Nymphaea
lotus alba

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53. தாைழ tālai

• Common Name:
Coconut flower (with
the integument
covering it)
• Scientific Name/Latin
Name :
Cocos Nucifera
• Also known as
ெத கபாைள

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54. தளவ taḷavam

• Common
Name:
Golden jasmine
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Jasminum
humile
• Also known as
ெச @ைல

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55.தாமைர tamarai
• Common
Name:
Lotus
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Nelumbium
speciosum

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56. ஞாழ ñāḻal

• Common
Name:
Fetid cassia
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Cassea
sophera
• Also known as
:லிநக
ெகா*ைற

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 57. ெமௗவ mauval
• Common
Name:
Wild jasmine

• Also known
as கா
மலிைக.

•one more wild jasmine variety (already two varieties Atiral and Kuzhal
have been mentioned) , Please see disambiguation Slides.
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58. ெகா ' kokudi

• Common Name:
A variety of jasmine
creeper

• @ைலெகா'
வைக.
One more jasmine
variety. Scientific
name unavailable.

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59. ேசட cēṭal

• Common Name:
Night-flowering
jasmine
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Nyctanthes arbor-
tristis
• Also known as
பவளமலிைக

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60. ெசம cemmal

• Common
Name:
Flower of
Jasminum
grandiflorum

• Also known as
சாதி 

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61. சி1ெச ரலி ciṟu-ceṅ-kurali

• A mountain creeper
க-தாமெகா'
• Scientific name
couldn't be obtained.

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62.ேகாட kōṭal

• Common Name:
White species of
Malabar glory lily
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Gloriosa superba
• Also known as
ெவ; காத

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63. ைகைத kaitai
• Common Name:
Fragrant screw-pine
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Pandanus
odoratissimus
• Also known as
தாைழ.

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64. வைழ vaḻai

• Common Name:
Long-leaved two-
sepalled gamboge
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Ochrocarpus
longifolius
• Also known as
8ர:*ைன.

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65. காசி kāñci

• Common Name:
River Portia
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Trewia nudiflora
• Also known as
ஆ?1
வர8

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66. மண) ைல- Mani-k-kulai
• Common Name:
Blue Nelumbo
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Pontederia
monochoria vaginalis
• Also known as
க- வைள

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67. பா க$ pāṅkar

• Common Name:
Tooth-brush tree
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Salvadora persica
• Also known as உகா
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68. மரவ maravam

• Common Name:
Seaside Indian oak
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Barringtonia
racemosa
• Also known as
ெவ;கட:

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69. தணக taṇakkam

• Common
Name:
Small ach
root
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Morinda
umbellata

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70. ஈ ைக īṅkai

• Species of
sensitive-
tree
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Mimosa
rubicaulis

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71. இலவ ilavam

• Common
Name:
Red-flowered
silk-cotton
tree
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Bombax
malabaricum
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72. ெகா*ைற koṉṟai

• Common Name:
Indian laburnum
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Cassia fistula
• Also known as
சரெகா*ைற

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73.அ: aṭumpu

• Common
Name:
Hare-leaf
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
• Ipomoea
biloba L.

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74. ஆ5தி ātti

• Common
Name:
Common
mountain
ebony
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Bauhinia
racemosa
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75. அவைர avarai

• Common
Name:
Field-
bean
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Dolichos
lablab
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76. பக*ைற pakaṉṟai

• Common
Name:
Indian jalap
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Ipomoea
turpethum
• Also known
as சிவைத

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77. பலாச palācam

• Common
Name:
Palas-
tree
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Butea
frondosa

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78. ப);' piṇṭi
• Common
Name:
Ašōka tree
• Scientific/La
tin Name:
Saraca
indica
• Also known
as
அேசா

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79. வசி vañci

• Common Name:
Glabrous mahua
of the Malabar
coast
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Bassia
malabarica,
Madhuca
neriifolia (Moon)
• Also known as
ஆ?றிG ைப
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 80. ப)5திக pittikam
• Common Name:
Large-flowered
jasmine
• Scientific Name:
Jasminum
grandiflorum
• Also known as
ப)சி,
சாதிமலிைக.

•There are 80 species of jasmine in India. Further study is required to get

exact names of each species mentioned here.
•http://worldflorist.blogspot.com/2007/07/jasmine-flowers.html
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81. சி6வார cintuvāram

• Common
Name:
Three-leaved
Chaste tree
• Scientific
Name:
Vitex trifolia
• Also known as
க-ெநாசி

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82. 6ைப tumpai

• Common Name:
White dead nettle
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Leucas
Also means:
• Common Name:
Bitter toombay
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Leucas aspera

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83. 6ழாB tuḻāy

• Common
Name:
Sacred basil
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Ocimum
sanctum
• Also known as
6ளசி

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84. ேதா*றி tōṉṟi

• Common
Name:
Malabar glory
Lily
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Variety of
Gloriosa
superba
• Also known as
ெச காத

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85. நதி nanti
• Common Name:
East Indian
rosebay
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Tabernaemontan
a coronaria
• Also known as
நதியாவட

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86. நறவ naṟavam

• A fragrant creeper
வாசைனெகா'
வைக
• Not Identified

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 87. :*னாக puṉṉākam
• Common Name:
Kamela
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Mallotus
philippinensis

• Also known as
ர
மசணாறி

•Since Punnai is already mentioned by Kapilar, I assume the second

meaning (Kamela) is the flower he mentioned in the poem.

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88. பார pāram

• Common Name:
Indian cotton-plant
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Gossypium herbaceum
• Also known as ப-5தி
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89. பHர pīram

• Common Names:
Sponge gourd, strainer vine
• Scientific Name:
Luffa acutangula
• Also known as பH$
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90. -க5தி kurukkatti

• Common
Name:
Common
delight of the
wood
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Hiptage
madablota
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91. ஆர āram

• Common Name:
Sandalwood tree
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Santalum album
• Also known as
சதனமர
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92. காைவ kāḻvai

• Common Name:
Eagle-wood
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Aquilaria agallocha
• Also known as அகி
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93. :*ைன puṉṉai

• Common
Name:
Mast-wood
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Calophyllum
inophyllum

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94. நரத narantam

• Common Name:
Orange
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Citrus
aurantium L.

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95. நாக  nāka-p-pū

• Common
Name:
Ironwood of
Ceylon
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Mesua ferrea
• Also known as
சி1நாக 

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96. நள-ணாறி naḷḷiruṇāṟi
• Common Name:
Tuscan jasmine
• Scientific/Latin Name:
Jasminum sambacflore-
manoraepleno
jasminum sambac var.
'Grand Duke Of Tuscany‘
• Also known as
இ-வாசி

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97. -த kuruntam

• Common
Name:
Wild lime
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Atalantia

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98. ேவ ைக vēṅkai

• Common Name:
East Indian kino tree
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Pterocarpus
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99. :ழ puḻaku

• Common Name:
East Indian satin-
wood, Palas tree
• Scientific/Latin
Name:
Chloroxylon
swietenia
• Also known as
:ன@- ைக

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 பாைல- pālai Disambiguation
• 13 different varieties of flowers can be
addressed as pālai according to University
of Madras – Tamil Lexicon.

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1.இ-மர iruḷ-maram

• Common Name:
Ironwood of
Ceylon
• Scientific/ Latin
Name :
Mesua ferrea

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2.@ மகி - muḷ-makiḻ

• Common
Name:
Woolly
ironwood.
@மகி.
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Sideroxylon
tomentosum

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3.கா'- ைப kāṭṭiruppai
• Common Name:
Indian guttapercha,
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Dichopsis elliptica;

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4.உல ைக பாைல ulakkai-p-pālai

• Common
Name:
Wedge-
leaved ape-
flower.
• Scientific/
Latin Name :
Mimusops
hexandra;

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5. Silvery-leaved ape- flower
• Common
Name:
Silvery-
leaved ape-
flower
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Mimusops
kauki;

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6.ஏழிைல பாைல ēḻ-ilai-p-pālai

• Common
Name:
Seven-
leaved
milk-plant.
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Alstonia
scholaris;
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7. டச பாைல kuṭaca-p-pālai
• Common Name:
Conessi-bark.
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Holarrhena anti-
dysenterica;

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8.காடலr kāṭṭalari

• Common
Name:
Mango-like
cerbera.
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Tabernae-
montana
dichotoma;

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9.ெவபாைல veṭ-pālai

• Common
Name:
Blue-dyeing
rosebay.
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Wrightia
tinctoria

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10.ெவபாைல
• Common
Name:
Woolly
dyeing
rosebay.
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Wrightia
tomentosa;

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11.க-ட பாைல karuṭa-p-pālai

• Common
Name:
India-rubber
vine.
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Cryptostegia
grandiflora

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12. Brazilian nutmeg
• Common Name:
Brazilian nutmeg
• Scientific/ Latin Name:
Cryptocarya wightiana
• Photos of the flowers not
available in internet.
• http://www.biotik.org/india
/species/c/crypwigh/cryp
wigh_en.html

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13.ெகா' பாைல koṭi-p-pālai

• Common
Name:
Green
wax
flower.
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Dregea
volubilis;

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 @ைல – Disambiguation
• Mullai is general term for jasmine.
• There are around 80 varieties of Jasmine
in India.
• There are 6 atleast 6 flowers attributed to
Mullai in Tamil Lexicon

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 1.Arabian jasmine
• Common Name:
Arabian jasmine
• Scientific/ Latin Name: Jasminum sambac;
• Jasminum sambac is a very vast group.
• Next three slides are Indian varieties of
Jasminum sambac

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1.1. ; மலி
• Common Name:
Arabian Jasmine
'Belle of India'
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Jasminum
sambac var.
'Belle of India'
• ; மலி

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1.2.ெகா' மலி
• Common Name:
Arabian Jasmine
'Maid of Orleans'
• Scientific/ Latin
Name: Jasminum
sambac var. 'Maid of
Orleans'
• ெகா' மலி

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1.3.அ மலி
• Common Name:
Arabian Jasmine
'Grand Duke Of
Tuscany'
• Scientific/ Latin
Name:
Jasminum
sambac var.
'Grand Duke Of
Tuscany'
• அ
மலி

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2. Trichotomum -flowering smooth jasmine
• Common Name:
Trichotomum-
flowering smooth
jasmine
• Scientific/ Latin
Name: Jasminum
trichotomum
• No such Scientific
name is available –
most probably
Clerodendrum
trichotomum - has
jasmine like flowers

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3.காமலிைக kāṭṭu-mallikai

• Common
Name:
Wild jasmine.
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Jasminum
angustifolium

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4.ஊசிமலிைக ūci-mallikai
• Common
Name:
Eared
jasmine
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Jasminum
auriculatum

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5.Pointed leaved wild jasmine
• Common
Name:
Pointed leaved
wild jasmine
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Jasminum
malabaricum;

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6.ஈ8ர.லி īcura-mūli

• Common
Name:
Indian
birthwort
• Scientific/
Latin
Name:
Aristolochia
indica

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 காமலிைக-
Disambiguation
• There are many different varieties of Wild
Jasmine many varieties in India.
• Next 5 will have Wild Jasmine varieties in India

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1.காமலிைக
• Common
Name:
Wild Jasmine
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Jasminum
angustifolium

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2.காமலிைக
• Common
Name:
Indian Cork
Tree, Tree
Jasmine
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Millingtonia
hortensis

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3.காமலிைக

• Common
Name:
Wild kundo
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Jasminum
nervosum

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4.ச க

• Common
Name:
Wild Jasmine
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Clerodendrum
inerme

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5.ெகா'வைக
• Common
Name:
Malabar
Jasmine, Wild
jasmine
• Scientific/
Latin Name:
Jasminum
malabaricum

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 Methodology
• I have used Nachinarkuiniyar commentary to identify flower names
which is not in usage now. I have used Tamil Lexicon to find the
scientific names/Latin names. Using Google images I have found
images for the flowers. Since Google images is not a very accurate
source, I have gone through various other websites to confirm the
common name and the scientific/Latin name. The list here is mostly
accurate and I have mentioned comments in the places I have
varied from Lexicon or Nachinarkiniyar commentary. Some flowers
mentioned here are categories (it could mean lot of flowers) rather
than a flower itself. I have created disambiguation page for these
flowers. Finally for serious readers I have provided a further study
page which have link to more details on each flower. I have tried to
provide common name, scientific name and alternate Tamil name
for each entry. If any reader finds any discrepancies please inform
me so that I can update it.

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 Further Study
• Further Study Link
http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/
99tamilflowers_links/

• Easiest method to learn more about these

flowers is to google the Scientific name.

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 Reference
• Ten Tamil idylls – J.V. Chellaih
• Kurunjipaatu – Nachinarkiniyar commentry
• Tamil Lexicon
• Google Image search
• Google Search
• http://www.flowersofindia.net
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/

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 Slides prepared by
Palaniappan Vairam Sarathy
• http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2009/04/2
3/99tamilflowers_index/
• vairam@gmail.com

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