Scutinanthe brunnea
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BurseraceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland forests up to 1,200 m above sea level.
Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malesia, Malaysia, SE Asia, Sri Lanka,
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 40 m high. The leaves are alternate and compound. Male and female flowers are on separate trees. The flowers are 6 mm across. They are yellow. The fruit are fleshy with one seed. They are 5 cm long and yellow.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Scutinanthe brunnea is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.
Notes
There are 2 Scutinanthe species.
Names & Synonyms
Kedongdong, Nytoh
Canarium brunneum BeddomeGaruga brunnea March.
References (4)
- Leenhouts, P.W., 1955, Burseraceae in Flora Malesiana 5(1) p 247
- Slik, F., www.asianplant.net
- Soepadmo, E. and Wong, K. M., 1995, Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. Forestry Malaysia. Volume One. p 97
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
