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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

Gastritis, Burning sensation, Fever, Aphrodisiac, Excessive thirst. [1]

Parts Used

Fruits, Seed kernel, Bark

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. [2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada murkalu, kolemaavu
Hindi char, charoli, chironji,
Malayalam cheru, kalamavu, moongapezhu, mungaperlu, munnalperu
Tamil cara paruppu, kattu-ma, saraiparuppu
Telugu chaara, charumaamidi, chinna morli, sarapappu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit kharaskandha, rajadana, bahulavalkala, priyala, chara
English Cudappah almond

[3]

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

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
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.

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A drupe 10-13 x 8 mm oblong, laterally compressed, black; stone hard, 2 valved; seed one. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

  • Leaves

  • Seeds

  • Whole tree

  • Flowers

  • Stem

  • Buds

References

  1. ↑ Uses
  2. ↑ Chemical composition
  3. ↑ Vernacular names
  4. ↑ BOTANIC DESCRIPTION

External Links

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