Latin name | Buchanania lanzan Spreng. | Family | Anacardiaceae | 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 info | A 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 occurrence | priyāla, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | See plant's image | Buchanania lanzan Spreng. in Google image search | Encyclopedias & 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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