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[[File:Priyala (Sanskrit- प्रियाल) (5656342067).jpg|thumb|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}}.
<ref name="Uses"/>
===Food===
The pulp of ripe fruits is eaten. The oily seeds are used in sweet preparations. Roasted seeds are added in milk to enhance taste<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
The oil is a promising source of palmitic and oleic acids. Kernel lipids (65.6%), comprised mainly of neutral lipids (90.4%), consist mostly of triacylglycerol (82.2%), freefatty acids (7.8%) and small amount
of diacylglycerols, monoacylglycerols and sterols. <ref name="Chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=murkaluMurkalu, kolemaavuKolemaavu|ml=cheruCheru, kalamavuKalamavu, moongapezhuMoongapezhu, mungaperluMungaperlu, munnalperuMunnalperu|sa=kharaskandhaKharaskandha, rajadanaRajadana, bahulavalkalaBahulavalkala, priyalaPriyala, charaChara|ta=cara Cara paruppu, kattuKattu-ma, saraiparuppuSaraiparuppu|te=chaaraChaara, charumaamidiCharumaamidi, chinna Chinna morli, sarapappuSarapappu|hi=charChar, charoliCharoli, chironjiChironji, |en=Cudappah almond}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
Pitta, vata
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Priyala contains the Following nutritional components like Kernel lipids, neutral lipids, triacylglycerols; alkaloids; saponins, tannins<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate|petiole 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|oblongOblong, laterally compressed, black; stone hard, 2 valved; seed one.||}}
===Other features===
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivateCultivation Details==Priyala is available through January to May<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
===Season to grow===
File:Charoli (Kannada- ಚಾರೊಳಿ) (3244952982).jpg|Whole tree
Buchanania cochinchinensis.JPG|Flowers
Charumamidi (Telugu- చారుమామిడి) (3244887406).jpg|Stem
Char (Marathi- चार) (2681178139).jpg|Buds
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/09/03/chironji-buchanania-lanzan-uses-dose-side-effects/ Uses]</ref><ref name="UsesChemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VERkeralaplants.2, N. Sasidharan "in/ BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref> <ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.33, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Buchanania+lanzanBuchanania cochinchinensis on the ferns.info]* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245164Buchanania cochinchinensis on india biodiversity.org]* [https://www.ayurtimes.com/chironji-or-charoli/Buchanania cochinchinensis on ayur times.com]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Deccan]][[Category:Tree]]
[[Category:Anacardiaceae]]
