Baccaurea odoratissima
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forest up to 1,200 m above sea level.
Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, SE Asia,
How to Identify
A small tree. It grows 15 m tall. The leaves are crowded at the ends of twigs. The leaves are alternate and simple. The flowers are 1.1 mm across. They are yellow. The fruit are about 12 mm long. They are orange red. They grown on the trunks. The seeds have a blue fleshy layer or aril.
How to Grow
Plants grow in the wild on basalt, yellow sandy clay and blackish sandstone soils. Plants can flower fruit through most of the year. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.
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. Although we have no specific information for this species, most members of this genus produce an excellent timber, which can be used to build houses and boats and to make furniture. 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.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Baccaurea odoratissima is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Names & Synonyms
Botung kratek, Engkuni, Enkunig, Enkuri, Kukunal, Kunau, Kunau-kunau, Kune madamayam, Mata kunau, Mata pelanduk, Rambai tikus, Sarotik, Tampoi keli
References (2)
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 154 (As Baccaurea membranacea)
- Slik, F., www.asianplant.net
