Diploknema butyracea

Diploknema butyracea
	Chiuri Fruit in Panchkhal, Nepal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Diploknema
Species:	D. butyracea
Binomial name
	Diploknema butyracea; (Roxb.) H.J.Lam
Synonyms
	Aesandra butyracea (Roxb.) Baehni; Bassia butyracea Roxb.; Madhuca butyracea (Roxb.) J.F.Macbr.;

Diploknema butyracea (Nepali: चिउरी, Chiuri), the Nepali butter tree,^[2] or the Indian butter tree,^[1] is a multi purpose tree native to the foothills of the Himalayas. An estimated number of chiuri in Nepal has been given as approximately 10.8 million trees, geographically distributed in 46 districts. 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.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Diploknema butyracea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ Oli BN., Acharya B. and Baral H. (2024). "Chiuri (Nepali butter tree). A multipurpose species for landscape restoration, food security and livelihoods" (PDF). Technical Factsheet Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF).

[GRIN-1] "Diploknema butyracea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[:0-2] Oli BN., Acharya B. and Baral H. (2024). "Chiuri (Nepali butter tree). A multipurpose species for landscape restoration, food security and livelihoods" (PDF). Technical Factsheet Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF).

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