Dacryodes expansa
(Ridl.) H. J. Lam
Sabal
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit flesh is removed from the seeds by placing the fruit in hot water, which makes separation easier.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grow in lowland forest. It grows up to 100 m above sea level.
Asia, Brunei, Malaysia, SE Asia,
How to Identify
A small evergreen tree. It grows 10-25 m tall. It can have buttresses. The leaves are compound with 4 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 17-23 cm long by 6-8 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. The male flowers are on shoots 24 cm long. The fruit is narrowly oval and about 4 cm long by 3 cm wide.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown from seeds.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Dacryodes expansa is a tree in the family Burseraceae. The specific epithet expansa is from the Latin meaning 'spread out', referring to the structure of the petals.
Names & Synonyms
References (4)
- Fern, K., 2012, Tropical Species Database http://theferns.info/tropical/
- Leenhouts, P.W., 1955, Burseraceae in Flora Malesiana Vol 5 p
- Soepadmo, E. & Wong, K. M., (Eds.), 1995, Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. Volume One. ITTO, Govt. Malaysia. p 67
- Sosef, M. S. M., Hong, L. T., & Prawirohatmodjo, S., (Eds.), 1998, Timber tree: Lesser-known timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia, 5(3), p 174
