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</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: East Indian screw tree, nut-leaved screw tree • <b>Bengali</b>: antamora • <b>Hindi</b>: bhendu, damni, jonka phal, kapasi, मरोड़ फल maror phal • <b>Kannada</b>: yedamuri • <b>Malayalam</b>: isora-murri, valampiri • <b>Marathi</b>: अटी ati, धामणी dhamani, kapaisi, केवण kewan, मुरडशेंग muradsheng • <b>Oriya</b>: murmuria • <b>Sanskrit</b>: अवर्तनि avartani, मृग शृङ्ग mrigashringa • <b>Sindhi</b>: vurkatee • <b>Tamil</b>: வலம்புரி valampuri • <b>Telugu</b>: నులితడ nulitada • <b>Urdu</b>: marorphali
</p><p>... flowers solitary or in sparse clusters, with red petals turning pale blue when old.
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/East-Indian%20Screw%20Tree.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&amp;taxon_id=200013809">eFlora</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/files/ff0200.htm">Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/76_dast.html">www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/76_dast.html</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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