mAlu
mālu (-latā; Skt. Lex. mālu, f. ; = mālutā (2), māluvā ; Pali māluvā; AMg. māluyā), a kind of creeper, which strangles trees (śāla trees are especially mentioned in Pali ) on which it grows: jara śoṣayate naranārigaṇaṃ yatha mālu-latā ghanaśālavanaṃ LV 174.19 ( vs ).