Baccaurea sylvestris

Lour.

Du vo do, Bung, Chot chet

Phyllanthaceae Edible: Fruit Potential hazards — see below

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Description

A medium sized evergreen tree. It grows to 14-15 m high. The trunk is 30-50 cm across. The fruit are on the branches but not the stem. The fruit are yellow when ripe.

Edible Uses

The ripe fruit is eaten.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten.

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Known Hazards

Eating too many fruit can stop urine flow.

Distribution

A tropical plant. They grow in evergreen, broad-leaved tropical forest below 900 m altitude.

Where It Grows

Asia, Indochina, SE Asia, Vietnam,

Notes

Eating too many fruit can stop urine flow. There are about 80 Baccaurea species.

References (3)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2154
Bircher, A. G. & Bircher, W. H., 2000, Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt and the Subtropics. AUC Press. p 51
Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, 1996, Vietnam Forest Trees. Agriculture Publishing House p 192