Diploknema butyracea

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Diploknema butyracea
Chiuri Fruit in Panchkhal, Nepal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Diploknema
Species: D. butyracea
Binomial name
Diploknema butyracea
Roxb., H.J. Lam [1]
Synonyms
  • Aesandra butyracea (Roxb.) Baehni.
  • Bassia butyracea Roxb.
  • Madhuca butyracea (Roxb.), J. F. Macbr.[1]
Chiuri plant
Floral buds of Diploknema butyracea

Diploknema butyracea (Nepali:चिउरी, Chiuri) also known as Nepali Butter Tree and locally known as Chiuri is a multi purpose tree. D. butyracea is useful for block planting and also to be grown in the ravines of hills. The latex yielding plant such as D. butyracea suits to different edapho climatic conditions and thus does not compete with the traditional crops. It is a large tree of family Sapotaceae, flowers during cold season and fruit ripens in June-July. It commonly occurs in the sub Himalayan tract between 300-1500m from sea level. [2]

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