Chisocheton penduliflorus
Planch.
MeliaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forests near streams. In Thailand it grows between 50-300 m above sea level.
Asia, Indochina, Malaysia, 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 tropical shrub in the mahogany family (Meliaceae) with leaflets arranged along the stalk. It grows in evergreen forests near streams in tropical Asia, typically between 50-300 m elevation in Thailand.
Notes
There are 50-100 Chisocheton species. They occur in tropical Asia and the Pacific.
Names & Synonyms
Ma mui chang, Medand kesangka, Sanggul lotong hitam, Yom man
Chisocheton kunstleri King
References (4)
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 534
- Shilpi, J., et al, 2016, Advances in Chemistry and Bioactivity of the Genus Chisocheton BLUME. Review. Chem. Biodiversity 2016, 13, 483 – 503
- Wongprasert, T. et al, 2011, A Synoptic Account of the Meliaceae of Thailand. Thai For. Bull. 39:210-266
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
