Campnosperma oxyrachis
Engl.
Pauh lebi, Melumut
Anacardiaceae Edible: Seeds - oil
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A small tree. The leaves are broadly sword shaped and leathery. They do not have stalks. The flowers are in large spreading groups. The flowers are green.
Edible Uses
The seeds are processed through boiling, washing, soaking, drying, and heating to extract oil for consumption.
Traditional Uses
The seed contains oil. The seeds are boiled, washed, soaked, dried, heated again and the oil extracted.
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Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, SE Asia,
Synonyms
Buchanania oxyrachis Miq.
References (3)
- Bircher, A. G. & Bircher, W. H., 2000, Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt and the Subtropics. AUC Press. p 76
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 425
- Heyne, K., 1927 ed,
