Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c5.s7.69

c5.s7.69

G. **Other characteristics:**
(i) *Vakula* (Mimusops)—often cited by poets.
(ii) *Sitabhiru* (Jasmine)—dies in (afraid of) winter.
(iii) *Maghya* (Kunda)—flowers in *Magha* (February).
(iv) *Saradi* (Jussieua repens or white lotus)—flowers during Autumn (*Sarat*).
(v) *Tishyaphala* (Phyllanthus) — fruits in *Pous* (December-January).
(vi) *Bhutabasa* (Bayeda)—ghosts haunt these plants.