Scutinanthe brevisepala
Leenh.
BurseraceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit ?
The fruit may be edible, though this is uncertain.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Asia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua, SE Asia,
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 tree. It grows 25-35 m tall. The trunk is 55 cm across. The fruiting shoots are 5 cm long. The fruit are 1.5 cm long by 0.9 cm wide. It can have buttresses 3 m tall. The leaves have up to 5 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval to sword shaped and 5-7 cm long by 2-3 cm wide or larger. The flowers are in the axils of leaves on short shoots. The flowers are 4 mm long. The fruit are oval and 2-3 cm long by 1.5-1.8 cm wide. They have 1 seed.
Names & Synonyms
Dacryodes papuana Husson
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
