Markhamia stipulata
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Markhamia tree, Ma ye
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers, Fruit, Leaves
The flower is edible and is part of both Lao cuisine and Thai cuisine, where it is known as dok khae hua mu or dok khae pa. The flowers are usually eaten sautéed or in kaeng som. The leaves are also used in traditional Thai medicine.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in sparse forests in humid places between 300-1,700 m above sea level. It grows in limestone mountains. In Yunnan.
Andamans, Asia, Cambodia, China, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 5-15 m tall. Young plant parts have yellow hairs. The leaves are 30-55 cm long. There are 4-8 pairs of leaflets. These are narrowly oval and 12-23 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. They are broadly wedge shaped at the base and taper to the tip. There may be teeth along the edge. The flowering groups at the ends of branches have yellow hairs. The flowers are 10-14 cm across and yellow. The fruit is a narrow capsule 30-70 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The seeds are 3-5 cm long. They have wings on both ends.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by cuttings.
Other Uses
The heartwood is orange-red and beautifully mottled. The wood is close-grained, hard, heavy and resistant to insects, especially termites. It is used for construction and the manufacture of valuable furniture. The tree is planted as a pioneer species in northern Thailand in reforestation projects to restore native woodland - it is planted in degraded woodland and open areas in a mix with various other species that all have the ability to grow fast; produce dense, weed-suppressing crowns; and attract seed-dispersing wildlife, particularly birds and bats. It can also be used for the consolidation of terraces and slopes,
Wikipedia
Source ↗Markhamia stipulata (Thai: แคหัวหมู or แคป่า, khae hua mu or khae pa; Chinese: 西南猫尾木, pinyin: xī nán māo wěi mù, 'Southwest-China cat tail tree') is a species of plant in the family Bignoniaceae.
Production
In NE Thailand flowers and fruit are available October to December.
Other Information
The leaves are sold in local markets.
Names & Synonyms
Dakpor, Dok khae, Khae hua moo, Kwe, Lao gei, Ma-hlwa, Mai-kye, Mao dei fan, Mayu-de, Pauk-kyan, Pohon markhamia, Xie xie a yi
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