Shanta Rani Kerketta

CHIRONJI – A COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT AND POTENTIAL LIVELIHOOD PROVIDER MINOR FOREST PRODUCT OF TRIBAL LAND OF JHARKHAND.

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The Buchanania cochinchinensis or Buchanania lenzan was first described by Francis Hamilton in 1798,is a small size tree of family Anacardiaceae. This plant is commonly known as 'Almondette' tree in English and 'Char', 'Achar', 'Chironji' 'Piyar' in Hindi and tadop in santhali. Buchanania cochinchinensis is a non-wood forest species commonly found throughout the Burma, Nepal and India,(Hemavath yet al.,1988) mostly in Northern,Western and Central India in the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and endemic to the dry deciduous forests, up to an altitude of 1200m (Pandey, 1985).It is endemic to tropical dry deciduous forest of India (Siddiqui et al., 2014). The species Buchanania cochinchinensis is an during survey in Jharkhand important Non timber forest produce (NTFP) of deciduous forests throughout the greater part of India especially in Jharkhand. The greenish- white flowering of the tree occurs from January to March and yellowish-red drupe, one seeded, fruits ripen in the month of April-June and remain on the tree for quite a long time (Troup, 1986). The Chironji kernels contain about 52 percent oil (Anonymous,1952) which is used as a substitute for olive and almond oils (Kirtikarand Basu, 1935), while the whole kernel is used in sweet-meats or as a substitute for almond kernels (Kumar et al., 2012). It is considered as one of the delicious wild fruits. It is a socioeconomically important underutilized fruit tree and life supporting species for tribal populations of Jharkhand (Patsnaiket al., 2011; Khatoon et al., 2015). It avoids waterlogged areas and very useful for environmental conservation and in 'agroforestry system' (Sharma,2012).

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