Elaeocarpus laoticus
Gagnep.
Com lao, Lao wu du ying
ElaeocarpaceaeFruit
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruits are eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in dense tropical forests. It is on hill slopes up to 800 m altitude. It grows on well drained soil. It grows in evergreen forests between 1300-1500 m in Southern China. In Yunnan.
Asia, China, Indochina, Laos, SE Asia, Vietnam,
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 20-25 m tall. The trunk is 50-70 cm across. The trunk is straight and without branches up to 15 m height. The ovary is densely hairy. The fruit is fleshy. It is 1.4 cm long by 0.6 cm wide.
Production
In China it flowers in May and fruits in December.
Notes
There are about 360 Elaeocarpus species mostly in the tropics.
References (2)
- Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, 1996, Vietnam Forest Trees. Agriculture Publishing House p 168
- Tang ya, Phengklai, C., Elaeocarpaceae, Flora of China.
