Microcos triflora

(Blanco) R. C. K. Chung

Kamuling

Malvaceae Edible: Fruit

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Ingrid P. Lin

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Description

A tree. It grows 15 m tall. It can be 35 m tall. The trunk is 30 cm across. The leaves are alternate and simple. The leaves are sword shaped and 12-18 cm long by 5 cm wide. The flowers are 8 mm across and yellow to pink. The fruit is oval and fleshy. It is 2-3 cm long. It is yellow.

Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in forests at low and medium levels above sea level. It grows up to 400 m above sea level. It can be on sandy or clay soils but also on limestone.

Where It Grows

Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia Pacific, Philippines, SE Asia,

Notes

There are about 200 Grewia species. They are mostly tropical. The fruit of most may be edible. These were in the Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae. The fruit are rich in iron and calcium. Name unresolved in The plant List.

Synonyms

Grewia stylocarpa Warb. ex PerkinsGrewia stylocarpa var. longipetiolata Merr.Helianthemum triflorum BlancoMicrocos havilandii Ridl.Microcos stylocarpa (Warb.) BurretMicrocos stylocarpa var. longipetiolata (Merr.) Burret

Also Known As

Karung Bis, Aporong, Pulit, Libah, Mal sumpit, Kamuling, Kiling

References (6)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2729 (As Microcos stylocarpa)
Brown, W.H., 1920, Wild Food Plants of the Philippines. Bureau of Forestry Bulletin No. 21 Manila. p 110 (As Grewia stylocarpa)
Perkins, Fragm. fl. Philipp. 1:104. 1904
PROSEA No. 2 (As Microcos stylocarpa)
Slik, F., www.asianplant.net

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