Name of a tree (creeper), lit. “whatever-like,” or “what do you call it,” i.e. strange tree (see kiṃ su & kiṃ 3), pop. name for the Butea frondosa SN.iv.193 (parable of the k.); Ja.ii.265 (˚opama-jātaka), Ja.v.405; Ja.vi.536. Perhaps variant reading at Snp-a.284.

• -puppha the (red) flower of the k. tree Vism.252
• -vaṇṇa of the colour of the k. (flower) Ja.i.73 (angārā ashes).

kiṃ + su + ka