- Family : ANACARDIACEAE
(Cashew Or Mango Or Sumac Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAM FAMILY (आम फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Anacardiaceae
- Basionym : Toluifera cochinchinensis Lour.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Glycosmis cochinchinensis (Lour.) Pierre ex Engl.
- 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)
- Charumamidi, Priyaluvu,Raj-adanamu (Telugu)
- Chironji, Piyal, sarop (Bengali)
- Char (Konkani)
- Chironji (Urdu)
- Piyal (Assamese)
- Charoli (Gujarati)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional on hills up to 1400m. 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 :
- Maharashtra : Pune district, Thane district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Native : Cambodia, China, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- World Distribution : Cambodia, China, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 98
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Buchanania cochinchinensis. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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