Sarcotheca glauca
(Hook. f.) Hallier f.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten in curries.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows on mountain ridges and mossy forests up to 2,700 m above sea level.
Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sarawak, SE Asia,
How to Identify
A medium sized tree. It grows 21 m tall. The trunk is 30 cm across. It does not have buttresses. The bark is fairly smooth. The leaves are single and 5-11 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They are papery. They are dull grey-green underneath. The base is rounded or wedge shaped and there is a short tip. The flowers are in clusters of 1-2 clusters together made up of many flowers. The clusters are 2-13 cm long. They have a rusty coloured covering. The fruit are round or oval and red. There are 2-3 seeds.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Sarcotheca glauca is a tree in the family Oxalidaceae. The specific epithet glauca means 'blue grey', referring to the underside of the leaf.
Notes
There are 11 Sarcotheca species.
Names & Synonyms
References (4)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1859
- JSTOR Global Plants edible
- Soepadmo, E. and Wong, K. M., 1995, Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. Forestry Malaysia. Volume One. p 290
- Veldkamp, 1971, Oxalidaceae, Flora Malesia Series 1 Vol 7:1 p 169
