Uvaria hahnii
(Finet & Gagnep.) J. Sinclair
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit ?
The fruit appears to be edible, though this is unconfirmed.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Asia, Cambodia, Indochina, Laos, Myanmar, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,
How to Identify
A vine. It grows 8 m long. The leaves are 10 cm long and 3.5 cm wide. The flowers are red. A group of fruit occur in a cluster. The fruit are red and have black seeds.
How to Grow
It can be grown from seeds or cuttings.
Medicinal Uses
The fruit, the same size as buffalo udders (see #Vernacular names), are much appreciated as a snack or titbit in Cambodia, and are sold in the market in March and April. In Thai traditional medicine, a water decoction of the plant has been used as fever treatment and as to promote milk production.
Notes
It is an unresolved name in The Plant List.
Names & Synonyms
Songkhouch
References (1)
- Turreira Garcia, N., et al, 2017, Ethnobotanical knowledgeof the Kuy and Khmer people in Prey Lang, Cambodia. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2017 (1): 76-101
