Xanthophyllum stipitatum

A. W. Bennett

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

Fruit. A sweet, white pulp. The green-yellowish-brownish fruits are about 35mm in diameter, containing many seeds. Some fruits can be up to 60mm in diameter.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows in mixed and swamp forest up to 1,000 m above sea level.

Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sarawak, SE Asia,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A tree. It grows about 30 m tall. The leaves are alternate and simple. The flowers are 15 mm across. They are red. The fruit are about 4 cm across. They are green to yellow-brown.

How to Grow

A plant of the moist, lowland tropics. Grows in the wild on a range of soils from sandy to clayey.

Wikipedia

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Xanthophyllum stipitatum is a plant in the family Polygalaceae. The specific epithet stipitatum is from the Latin meaning 'stalked', referring to the ovary of the flower.

Notes

There are about 100 Xanthophyllum species. Also put in the Xanthophyllaceae family.

Names & Synonyms

Langir, Legai, Nyalin, Pasak

Banisterodes stipitatum (A. W. Bennett) O.K.Xanthophyllum stipitatum var. borneense Chodat

References (3)

Chai, P. P. K. (Ed), et al, 2000, A checklist of Flora, Fauna, Food and Medicinal Plants. Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak. Forestry Malaysia & ITTO. p 169
Saw, L.G., LaFrankie, J. V. Kochummen, K. M., Yap S. K., 1991, Fruit Trees in a Malaysian Rain Forest. Economic Botany, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 120-136
Slik, F., www.asianplant.net