Hydnocarpus venenata — Edible Plant Database

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet lowland rainforest. It grows near rivers.

Africa, Asia, East Africa, Hawaii, Indonesia, Mozambique, Pacific, SE Asia, Sri Lanka*,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Micronesia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A tree. The leaves are sword shaped and taper to the base. There are teeth along the edge. The male flowers are brownish-white. They occur singly or in pairs. The female flowers are small and crowded. They are in panicles in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a round berry with a coating. It has a blunt beak.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Medicinal Uses

The oil is used in medicine.

Wikipedia

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Hydnocarpus venenatus is a species of plant in the Achariaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The oil the plants produce is known as Kavetel.

Notes

Also put in the Flacourtiaceae family. The oil is used in medicine.

Names & Synonyms

Makula, Maklul gaha, Pohon setumpul venenata

Hydnocarpus inebrians Vahl.

References (2)

Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 333
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew