Ternstroemia chingii
Wong Pan Ch'a
Pentaphylacaceae Edible: Fruit
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A shrub or small tree in the Pentaphylacaceae family with edible fruit, native to regions where it has been historically cultivated.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Where It Grows
Asia, China,
Notes
They have also been Ternstroemiaceae. Adinandra chingii is nearest and this is a synonym of Cleyera japonica.
Synonyms
Cleyera chingii
References (2)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2848 (As Cleyera chingii)
- Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A., and Seberg, O., 2007, Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. p 248
