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===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==
==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}}
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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===
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/09/03/chironji-buchanania-lanzan-uses-dose-side-effects/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.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>
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