It's the name of a medicinal plant. It is also known as orval, large blackberry grass or mulberry grass, Indian gingseng, bufera, bell, vitania, devil's tomato or ashwagandha, which in Sanskrit means that it smells like horseback. Its scientific name is Withania somnifera and belongs to the family Solanaceae. It is clarified that orobal is also called orobal to other species of the same genus Withania, such as frutescens and aristata.
