Diploknema butyracea (Roxb.) H.J.Lam

Accepted

Chiuri

Diploknema butyracea (Kumauni- Chiuri) also known as  Butter Tree and locally known as Chiuri is a multi purpose tree. butyracea is useful for block planting and also to be grown in the ravines of hills. The latex yielding plant such as  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.