Biology:Muktaphala
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| Arisaema utile | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Monocots
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| Species: | A. utile
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| Arisaema utile Hook.f. ex Schott
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The muktaphala or muktā-phala[1] is a plant, also known as the cobra lily,[2] of the genus Arisaema.[3] It is also known as the 'liberating fruit' and the 'pearl fruit.[4]
References
- ↑ so spelled in the Encyclopaedia Indica, p. 132)
- ↑ Described (with a photograph of its fruit) on p. 164 of Christian Rätsch et al. : Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas. Rochester (VT), 2002.
- ↑ Arisaema utile (Sikkim cobra lily)
- ↑ Figuratively, a 'pearl', though this latter is also spelled /mukta-hala/-- Linda Beth Hess : The Bijak of Kabir. Oxford U Pr, 2002. p. 179, n. 34.2
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