Baccaurea parviflora

(Muell. Arg. ) Muell. Arg.

Rambai hutan, Red tampoi tree

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

Fruit - raw or cooked. A sweet-sour flavour. Best when cooked. The purplish fruits can be 16 - 32mm long and 7 - 15mm wide.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows in lowland forest up to 450 m altitude. It is recorded up to 1,250 m altitude.

Asia, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, SE Asia, Thailand,

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 small tree or large shrub. It grows 6 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 20 cm long by 9 cm wide. Trees are separately male and female. The flowering stalks are on the trunk. The fruit are pear shaped and berry like. It is 2.5 cm long by 1 cm wide. It is angled and can be winged. The fruit are deep red or purple-black. The flesh is acid and edible. The fruit are born on the trunk close to the ground. They are on strings.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown from seeds, air-layering and grafting.

Propagation: Seed - when sown fresh it usually germinates in a few days.

Medicinal Uses

We have no specific information on this species, but the bark of several members of this genus is used to relieve eye inflammation.

Other Uses

We have no specific information for this species, but the bark of several members of this genus is used, along with other ingredients, as a dyestuff to colour silk yellow, red or mauve, using the dyeing process known as 'pekan' in Malay. The wood is hard and durable. It is used for making small utensils. The wood is used as boxwood. A rather ambiguous statement - does this mean like the wood of box (Buxus spp.) which is hard, dense and of high quality; or does it mean that the wood is of poor quality and only used for making boxes?. In common with other trees that produce their flowers and fruits on the trunk of the tree, members of this genus are generally considered to be good support trees for the climbing rattan palms, which are grown to provide material for basket making, weaving into furniture, making ropes etc.

Production

Plants flower after dry weather.

Notes

There are about 80 Baccaurea species.

Names & Synonyms

Bamotong belaboh, Belembik planduk, Engkuni, Kanaso, Konkuni, Mafai-ka, Mafai-tao, Mai kway, Mai-mak-hpa, Mata pelanduk, Motjong, Pohon rambai tampoi merah, Setambun atan, Setambun jantan, Setambun lilang, Setambun lilin, Setambun merah, Setambun tahi, Setambun, Somfai-pa

Baccaurea affinis Mull. Arg.Baccaurea dasystachya (Miq.) Mull.Arg.Baccaurea rostrata Merr.Baccaurea scortechinii Hook. f.Baccaurea singaporica Pax & K. Hoffm.Pierardia dasystachya Miq.Pierardia parviflora Mull. Arg.

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