tamala
तमाल tamālaA dark-barked tree, used in poetry as a stock simile for Krishna's dark complexion, notably in Jayadeva's Gita Govinda.
Where this term appears
- Why is Krishna blue? Journal
… he opened it with a sky heavy with cloud and a forest gone dark with tamala trees, and he sang of Krishna as shyama-sundara , the dark and beautiful one.