Dacryodes rugosa
(Blume) H. J. Lam
BurseraceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland and hill forest. It grows up to 900 m above sea level.
Asia, Malaysia, 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 small to medium sized tree. It can grow 30 m tall. The trunk is 40 cm across. The bark is pale grey. It is smooth and scaly. The leaves are compound with 1-4 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 6-22 cm long by 3-11 cm wide. The flowers are in groups in the axils of the leaves. The fruit are oval and 1.5-2.5 cm long by 1-1.5 cm wide.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Dacryodes rugosa is a tree in the family Burseraceae. The specific epithet rugosa is from the Latin meaning 'wrinkled', referring to the leaflets.
Names & Synonyms
Kembayau burung, Maraputih, Rajang, Watuk
Canarium moultonii Ridl.Canarium rugosum (Blume) Miq.Canarium virgatum (Blume) Miq.and others
References (5)
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- Kebler, P. J. A., & Kidiyasa, 1994, Trees of the Balikpapan-Samarinda area of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, The Netherlands. p 67
- 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
- Soepadmo, E. & Wong, K. M., (Eds.), 1995, Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. Volume One. ITTO, Govt. Malaysia. p 74
