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'''Indica''' (or '''indicum''') means "of India", or "Indian", in [[Latin language|Latin]] and is applied to things connected with [[Pakistan]] & the [[Republic of India]] or [[South Asia]]:
* The [[specific epithets]] ''indica'' and ''indicum'' are used in [[binomial nomenclature]] to indicate species (or subspecies) of plants, animals etc thought to originate in, or associated with, India.
** Examples of such species are ''Mangifera indica'' ([[mango]]), ''[[Juniperus indica]]'' (black juniper), ''Azadirachta indica'' ([[neem]]), and ''[[Lagerstroemia]] indica'' (crape myrtle).
** '''Indica''' is a long-grain variety of '''[[rice]]''' (''Oryza sativa'' subsp. ''indica''), as opposed to the short-grain Japonica (''O. sativa'' subsp. ''japonica'').
** Another example of a botanic subspecies is [[Cannabis sativa#C. sativa subsp. indica|''Cannabis sativa'' subsp. ''indica'']] (a type of [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]], considered to be a separate species, ''Cannabis indica'', by some authorities).
* '''[[Tata Indica]]''' is the name of a car sold by the Indian company [[TATA Motors]].
* '''Indica''' or '''[[Indika]]''' is the title of [[Megasthenes]]' account of his travels in [[South Asia]] as ambassador in [[Chandragupta Maurya]]'s court.
* '''[[Indica (Arrian)|Indica]]''' is the title of [[Arrian]]'s account of [[Nearchus]]' voyage from India after [[Alexander the Great]]'s conquest.
* '''Indica''' is the Latinized title of [[Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī]]'s ''Ta'rikh al-Hind'' (''Chronicles of India'').
Other meanings of Indica apparently lacking a direct connection with India include:
* '''[[Indica Gallery]]''' was a London art gallery in the 1960s. Set up by John Dunbar, Barry Miles and Peter Asher, it was the place where John Lennon and Yoko Ono met.
* '''[[Indica Records]]''' is a Quebec record label.
* '''Indica''' is a solo project from Eliad Grundland, the man behind the Israeli psychedelic trance group [[Space Buddha]].
* '''Indica''' was a hardcore, alternative metal band from [[Midsomer Norton]] (UK), who were signed to Sugar Shack records.
* '''[[Indica (Finnish band)|Indica]]''' is a pop/rock band from Finland.
* '''[[Indica (Argentina band)|Indica]]''' is an electro-psychedellic band from Argentina.
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