Engelhardtia spicata

Leschen ex Blume

iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) lougarou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit, Medicine

The ripe fruit are eaten.

It is a subtropical plant. It grows from sea level to 2,500 m above sea level. Arboretum Tasmania.

Asia, Australia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, Philippines, Sikkim, Tasmania, Thailand, Vietnam,

A tree. It can grow 20 m tall. It has a rounded crown. It can have buttresses 3 m tall.

Names & Synonyms

Mahuwa, Marle, Marloo, Mauwa, Muwa

Engelhardtia aceriflora (Reinw.) BlumeGyrocarpus pendulus BlancoJuglans pterococca Roxb.Pterilema aceriflorum Reinw.

References (3)

Ethnobotany of Karbis. Chapter 4 in p 104
Sundriyal, M. & Sundriyal, R. C., 2004, Structure, Phenology, Fruit Yield, and Future Prospects of some Prominent Wild Edible Plant Species of the Sikkim Himalaya, India. Journal of Ethnobiology 24(1): 113-138
Teron, R. & Borthakur, S. K., 2016, Edible Medicines: An Exploration of Medicinal Plants in Dietary Practices of Karbi Tribal Population of Assam, Northeast India. In Mondal, N. & Sen, J.(Ed.) Nutrition and Health among tribal populations of India. p 152