Shorea mecistopteryx
Ridl.
Illipe nuts, Kawang meranti tree
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(c) Rafidah Abdul Rahman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Description
A large tree. It grows 60 m tall. The trunk can be 160 cm across. It has buttresses 2 m tall. The leaves are oblong and 13-20 cm long by 6-10 cm wide. The base is heart shaped and they are golden woolly underneath. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. The fruit is an oval nut with yellowish hairs. There are 3 longer calyx lobes 23 cm long by 3.3 cm wide and 2 shorter lobes.
Edible Uses
The nuts yield an oil used in the chocolate industry.
Traditional Uses
The oil is used in the chocolate industry.
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Medicinal Uses
The oil has traditional uses in the chocolate industry.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in primary and secondary forests and on low hills up to 400 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, SE Asia, Singapore,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seeds.
Also Known As
Angkabang larai, Pohon meranti kawang, Pohon tengkawang layar
References (4)
- Blicher-Mathiesen, U., 1994, Borneo Illipe, A Fat Product from Different Shorea spp. (Dipterocarpaceae). Economic Botany Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 231-242
- JSTOR Global Plants edible
- Morley, B. & Everard, B., 1970, Wild Flowers of the World. Ebury press. Plate 116
- Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 509
