Botanical info | An 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 |
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | 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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