Fissistigma maclurei
Merr.
AnnonaceaeFruit
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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 Hainan. It grows on forested slopes and in valleys beside water between 200-1,100 m above sea level in southern China.
Asia, China, SE Asia, Vietnam,
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 climber. It grows 6 m long. It has a blackish brown coating. The leaves are sword shaped and 7-12 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are blackish underneath. Flowers occur singly in the axils of leaves. The fruit are 1.8 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. There are 7-9 seeds.
Names & Synonyms
Hak tang tz
Meiogyne maclurei (Merr.) J. SinclairMelodorum maclurei (Merr.) Ast in Humbert
References (1)
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 71
