• Family : ANACARDIACEAE
  (Cashew Or Mango Or Sumac Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AAM FAMILY (आम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ANACARDIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Buchanania latifolia Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Buchanania cochinchinensis (Lour.) M.R.Almeida
• Common name : Calumpong nut, Almondette tree, Cheronjee, Cuddapah almond
• Vernacular name : Chironji, Piyal, Piar, Char (Hindi); Charoli, Kole maavu, Murkali (Kannada); Saraiparuppu, Moraetha, Morala, Mudaima, Moraimaram (Tamil); Sarapappu, Morli, Sara, Jarumamidi (Telugu); Char (Oria); Priyala (Sanskrit); Charoli (Marathi); Kalamavu, Moongapezhu, Mungapera, Mural, Nuruvei, Nuramaram, Nooramaram Padacheru, Priyalam (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills up to 1400m. Moist deciduous, dry deciduous and semi-evergreen forests. The kernels are used in sweetmeats.
• Key identification features : Bark tessellated in prominent squares. Drupes ovoid-oblong, black when ripe.
• Flower, Fruit : January-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Prakasam district. Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Common in forests, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar 2015. Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT 7 (8): 7443-7459; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Buchanania lanzan. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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