Drypetes perreticulata
Gagnep.
Man mu
Putranjivaceae Edible: Fruit
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Description
A shrub or small tree. It grows 2-15 m high. The leaves are oval and 3-7 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. Plants are separately male and female. The fruit are oval or round and 2 cm long.
Edible Uses
The fruits are edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in dry evergreen forest on rocky limestone hills. It grows up to 800 m above sea level in southern China. In Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Hainan, Indochina, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,
Production
In China plants flower in January to Match and fruit May to October.
Notes
Also as medicine. There are about 200 Drypetes species.
References (2)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2142
- www.nationalherbarium.nl/thaueuph/ Flora of Thailand.
