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[[File:Priyala (Sanskrit- प्रियाल) (5656342067).jpg|right|''Priyala'', ''Buchanania cochinchinensis'']]
'''Priyala''', is a moderate sized tree of the dry forests of peninsular India, whose fruits and kernels are much valued as food. The fruits have a sweet and sour taste and the kernels, called chironji have a rich almond like flavour, which are also used in making sweets.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Gastritis}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Aphrodisiac}}, {{Uses|Excessive thirst}}, {{Uses|Improves strength and immunity}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=murkalu, kolemaavu|ml=cheru, kalamavu, moongapezhu, mungaperlu, munnalperu|sa=kharaskandha, rajadana, bahulavalkala, priyala, chara|ta=cara paruppu, kattu-ma, saraiparuppu|te=chaara, charumaamidi, chinna morli, sarapappu|hi=char, charoli, chironji, |en=Cudappah almond}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Snigdha (Oily), Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta, vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|petiole 12-22 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 10-23.5 x 5-12 cm, broadly oblong, base round or acute, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous above and densely tomentose beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, pinnate, prominent, pubescent, secondary laterals prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal and axillary panicles|Greenish white|5|calyx lobes 5, persistent; petals 5, oblong, reflexed, pilose; stamens 10, inserted at the base of fleshy disc; filaments free, glabrous; disc cupular, 5 lobed, pilose; carpels 5-6, free, superior, tomentose, 4 reduced to thread like processes, one fertile, ovule one, pendulous; style lateral; stigma truncate. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe|10-13 x 8 mm|oblong, laterally compressed, black; stone hard, 2 valved; seed one.||}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Chironji (in Bengali) (3244893828).jpg
File:Char (Marathi- चार) (2681178139).jpg
File:Charoli.JPG
File:Charoli (Kannada- ಚಾರೊಳಿ) (3244952982).jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://easyayurveda.com/2015/09/03/chironji-buchanania-lanzan-uses-dose-side-effects/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Buchanania+lanzan
* https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245164
* https://www.ayurtimes.com/chironji-or-charoli/
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Deccan]][[Category:Tree]]
'''Priyala''', is a moderate sized tree of the dry forests of peninsular India, whose fruits and kernels are much valued as food. The fruits have a sweet and sour taste and the kernels, called chironji have a rich almond like flavour, which are also used in making sweets.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Gastritis}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Aphrodisiac}}, {{Uses|Excessive thirst}}, {{Uses|Improves strength and immunity}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=murkalu, kolemaavu|ml=cheru, kalamavu, moongapezhu, mungaperlu, munnalperu|sa=kharaskandha, rajadana, bahulavalkala, priyala, chara|ta=cara paruppu, kattu-ma, saraiparuppu|te=chaara, charumaamidi, chinna morli, sarapappu|hi=char, charoli, chironji, |en=Cudappah almond}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Snigdha (Oily), Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta, vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|petiole 12-22 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 10-23.5 x 5-12 cm, broadly oblong, base round or acute, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous above and densely tomentose beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, pinnate, prominent, pubescent, secondary laterals prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal and axillary panicles|Greenish white|5|calyx lobes 5, persistent; petals 5, oblong, reflexed, pilose; stamens 10, inserted at the base of fleshy disc; filaments free, glabrous; disc cupular, 5 lobed, pilose; carpels 5-6, free, superior, tomentose, 4 reduced to thread like processes, one fertile, ovule one, pendulous; style lateral; stigma truncate. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe|10-13 x 8 mm|oblong, laterally compressed, black; stone hard, 2 valved; seed one.||}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Chironji (in Bengali) (3244893828).jpg
File:Char (Marathi- चार) (2681178139).jpg
File:Charoli.JPG
File:Charoli (Kannada- ಚಾರೊಳಿ) (3244952982).jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://easyayurveda.com/2015/09/03/chironji-buchanania-lanzan-uses-dose-side-effects/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Buchanania+lanzan
* https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245164
* https://www.ayurtimes.com/chironji-or-charoli/
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Deccan]][[Category:Tree]]
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