Sloanea tomentosa
(Benth.) Rehder & E. H. Wilson
ElaeocarpaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate or subtropical plant. In the Himalayas it grows up to 1,000 m above sea level.
Asia, China, Himalayas, India,
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
An evergreen tree. It grows 26 m tall. The trunk is 1.2 m across. The bark is brown and peels off. The leaf stalk is 2-10 cm long and is robust. The leaves are broadly oval and 15-30 cm long by 9-18 cm wide. The flowers are in the axils of leaves at the tip of the twigs. The fruit is a capsule with 4-5 valves. The seeds are 1.5 cm long.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Sloanea tomentosa is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand.
References (1)
- Upreti, K., et al, 2010, Diversity and Distribution of Wild Edible Fruit Plants of Uttarakhand. Bioversity Potentials of the Himalaya. p 188
