Glycosmis cochinchinensis

(Lour.) Pierre ex Engl.

Cochinchina pinkberry

Rutaceae Edible: Fruit 2 iNaturalist observations

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Summary

Glycosmis cochinchinensis is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae. It is native to Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It was first described by João de Loureiro in 1790 as Toluifera cochinchinensis. Adolf Engler transferred it to the genus Glycosmis in 1896. The combination Buchanania cochinchinensis was published in 1996, and has been misapplied by some sources to refer to Buchanania lanzan.

Description

A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-4 m tall. The leaves are usually simple. The leaf blade is broadly oval and 4-26 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. They are white. The fruit are pink to red. They are 0.8-1.4 cm across.

Edible Uses

The pink to red fruits are eaten.

Distribution

A tropical plant. In south China it grows below 1,000 m above sea level. It grows in rainforests. In Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Production

It flowers and fruits throughout the year.

Notes

There are about 60 Glycosmis species.

Also Known As

Parithangi, Pohon gongseng, Shan Gut Shu, Tarop, Tarub, Tim to

References (6)

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H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4):185. 1896
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Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 144
Sivakumar, A. & Murugesan, M., 2005, Ethnobotanical Studies of the wild edible plants used by the tribals of the Anaimalai Hills, the Western Ghats. Ancient Science of Life. XXV(2) Oct-Dec.

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