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 Latin nameBuchanania lanzan Spreng.
 FamilyAnacardiaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Buchanania latifolia Roxb.
 Identified with (Skt)priyāla
 Identified with (Hin)piyār, cirauṃcī
 Identified with (Tam)muṟāḷā
 Identified with (Mal)mural, mūññāpēḻu, priyāḷam
 Botanical infoA tree about 18 m high, growing in deciduous forests up to 900 m, broadly oblong simple leaves, small greenish white flowers, black fruits, lenticular drupes
 Search occurrencepriyāla, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageBuchanania lanzan Spreng. in Google image search
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 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 711)
priyāla, m. the tree Buchanania Latifolia (commonly called Piyāl), MBh., R., Suśr. (ā), f. a vine, a bunch of grapes (= drAkSā), L.


 
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