Symplocos racemosa (Lodh tree)
| A small tree smooth, light grey and white wood; leaves simple, alternate, very thick, lanceolate, aliptic or oblong, shortly acuminate at the apex, irregularly crenate or serrage; fruits globose, purple, ribbed drupes; seeds 1-3 testa thin. The outer bark is thin and the inner greenish or light brown, the cut surface of the thick bark of mature tree is reddish brown on drying; when broken, short thin fibre tips are seen. Flowering-fruiting November to May. (Ashok Sheth (Ed.). 2005 The herbs of ayurveda vol.4 Gujarat : Ashok Sheth. p1078) |
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हस्ते लीलाकमलमलकं बालकुन्दानुविद्धं नीता रोध्रप्रसवरजसा पण्डुतामाननश्रीः । चूदापाशे नवकुरबकं चारु कर्णे शिरीषं सीमन्ते च त्वदुपगमजं यत्र नीपं वधूनाम् ॥ ६५ ॥ There, in the women’s hand, is a red lotus to play with; 手には遊びの赤睡蓮[カマラ] 髪の一房は若きクンダの花で飾り |
A description of (the women in) the Yakṣa’s hometown Alakā. Kimura (1962: 253) writes that they are flowers from different seasons but florishing all at once as this is a place of the demi-gods. [Reference: Kimura, Hideo 1962. Kālidāsa Literature Series No.1: jojōshi kisetsushū kumo no shisha. Kyoto: Hyakka-en.] |
(c) Tomomi Sato 2013
Plants of Meghaduta 