{"id":8257,"date":"2026-04-15T13:16:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/04\/15\/5-rare-wild-fruits-of-nepal-you-must-try-once-in-your-life\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:16:05","slug":"5-rare-wild-fruits-of-nepal-you-must-try-once-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=8257","title":{"rendered":"5 rare wild fruits of Nepal you must try once in your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-130274486,imgsize-92770.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<p>Chiuri (Diploknema butyracea), also known as Indian Butter Nut, is a highly versatile tree that grows in the foothills of the Himalayas at an elevation between 300 and 1,500 meters. Its sweet, fleshy, oval fruit matures to a pale yellow colour. While the flesh of the fruit, which is sweet, may be eaten fresh, the tree\u2019s most valuable asset is its seed, which is pressed down to produce a very rich, white vegetable fat, chiuri ghee, which is a primary source of cooking oil, fuel for lamps, and lotion for the body by the indigenous Chepang people.<\/p>\n<p>Ripening time: Fruits of Chiuri ripen in June and July, following a long blooming period starting in October.<br \/>Facts: Because of the great value of chiuri trees, they are often given as a traditional dowry to daughters in the Chepang community, to ensure the daughters will have a reliable source of food and income in their new home.<\/p>\n<p>PC: Google Gemini<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/food-news\/taste-of-the-himalayas-5-rare-wild-fruits-of-nepal-you-must-try-once-in-your-life\/photostory\/130274486.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chiuri (Diploknema butyracea), also known as Indian Butter Nut, is a highly versatile tree that grows in the foothills of the Himalayas at an elevation between 300 and 1,500 meters. Its sweet, fleshy, oval fruit matures to a pale yellow colour. While the flesh of the fruit, which is sweet, may be eaten fresh, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}