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 Latin nameCallicarpa macrophylla Vahl
 FamilyLamiaceae
 Identified with (Skt)priyaṅgu, phalinī
 Identified with (Hin)priyaṅgu, ḍaiyā
 Identified with (Tam)nāḻal
 Identified with (Mal)ñāḻal
 Botanical infoAn erect shrub, 1,2 - 2,4 m high, growing in Bengal, Assam and sub-Himalayan tracts up to 1800 m, opposite simple leaves with white tomentose beneath, rose flowers, crowded in axillary peduncled globose cymes, fruits white drupes
 Search occurrencepriyaṅgu, phalinī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 711)
priyaṅgu mf. panic seed, Panicum Italicum, VS., TS. Br., Kauś.; Aglaia Odorata, L.; Sinapis Ramosa, MBh., Kathās.; long pepper, L.; a medicinal plant and perfume (commonly called Priyaṅgu and described in some places as a fragrant seed), L.; a partic. creeper (said to put forth blossoms at the touch of women), MBh., Kāv. &c.; Italian millet MW.; n. (prob.) panic seed or mustard seed, Suśr., Bhpr.; saffron, L.


 
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