- 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 IPNI) : Buchanania lanzan Spreng.
- 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 Tropical 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
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, S.R.Ramesh; K.R.Keshava Murthy, P.Prakash, B.R.Ramesh; Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh
- Collection Date : 27-04-1980, 14-01-1979, 12-01-2015
- Collection Nos : KFP 11276, KFP 5681, HJCB 165
- Collection Locality : Bababudan hills, Chikkamagaluru district; Rippon pet-Shimoga road, Shivamogga district; Nagpuri
- 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
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Buchanania lanzan. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.
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