Cuddapah almond
The scientific name of Cuddapah almond: Buchanania cochinchinensis
Synonyms: Buchanania lanzan, Chironjia sapida, Buchanania latifolia.
Name of Cuddapah almond, in different languages:-
English: Chironji Tree, almondette, calumpong nut, Cheronjee, Hamilton mombin
Hindi: प्रियाल priyal, चिरोंजी chironji, पियाल piyal, चार char, प्रसवक pra-savak,
Sanskrit: अखट्टः akhatth, पियाल piyala, राजनदनः rajanadanha, उपवटः upavatth
Malayalam: Mungappeezh-മൂങ്ങാപ്പേഴ്, Nuramaram-നുറമരം
Tamil: சாரம் charam
Plant description:
It is a medium deciduous tree, grow upto 50 ft tall. leaves are leathery, broadly oblong, with blunt tip and ovate at base, with 10 to 20 pairs of straight, parallel veins. The flowers are in panicles of greenish. Flowering is January-March and fruits ripen from April.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Elongated | Margin-Entire | Venation-Pinnate |
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Useful plant parts:
Leaves, root, Fruit
Medicinal uses:
To treat diarrhea, skin diseases, treating cough and asthma.
Chemical content:
Flavonoids, tannins, glycosides, phenols, steroid, saponin and gallic acid, and myricetin
Medicinal properties:
Acrid, astringent, cooling, depurative and constipating.
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