Chirongi nuts. Small, round, lentil-shaped, almond-flavoured seed used to garnish Indian sweets such as halva.

Synonyms in other languages

Assamese

• পিয়াল (piyal)

Gujarati

• chilgoze

Hindi

• charauli
• chilgoze
• chirolo
• cudpahnut
• neoza
• paira
• चार (char)
• चिरॊंजी (chirongi)

Kannada

• charpoppo
• murkali

Konkani

• चार (char)

Latin names

• Buchanania lanzan
• Buchanania latifolia
• Pinus gerardiana
• Pinus pinea

Malayalam

• mungaper

Marathi

• charauli
• pyalchar

Oriya

• charu

Sanskrit

• dhanu
• priyalam
• rajadana
• tapaspriya

Tamil

• சார பயிர் (saara payir)
• சாரபருப்பு (saara paruppu)
• மொரலா (morala)

Telugu

• morichettu
• saara chettu

Countries

• India

Regions

• South Western India