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Synonyms of champaka - Michelia champaca Linn.

champaka :

champaka  : Michelia champaca Linn.

Definition

चाम्पेयश्चम्पकः प्रोक्तो हेमपुष्पश्च स स्मृतः | 
एतस्य कलिका गन्धफलेति कथिता बुधैः ||२४|| 
चम्पकः कटुकस्तिक्तः कषायो मधुरो हिमः | 
विषकृमिहरः कृच्छ्रकफवातास्रपित्तजित् ||२५|| 

bhavaprakasha nigantu - pushpadi varga

Synonyms

Synonyms in Ayurveda: kusuma, suvarna

The species epithet, champaca, comes from the Sanskrit word campaka (pronounced tʃaɱpaka)

the campaka’s other Sanskrit synonym is cāmpeya (which can also mean ‘gold’)


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