Baccaurea griffithii

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Description

A tree. It grows 7-20 m high. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and leathery. They taper to the tip. The plants are separately male and female. The fruit are along long stalks. The fruit are thick walled and acid. They are 3-6 cm across. The fruit are in clusters of 3-5. The fruit are brown on the outside with white flesh.

Edible Uses

The ripe fruit are eaten fresh or cooked.

Traditional Uses

The ripe fruit are eaten fresh and also cooked.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It suits the hot, humid tropical lowlands.

Where It Grows

Asia, Malaysia, SE Asia,

Cultivation

Plants are grown by seed.

Notes

Also in Euphorbiaceae.

Also Known As

Larah, Rambai utan, Taban

References (8)

Bircher, A. G. & Bircher, W. H., 2000, Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt and the Subtropics. AUC Press. p 51
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Martin, F. W., et al, 1987, Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics. USDA Handbook 642 p 27
Milow, P., et al, 2013, Malaysian species of plants with edible fruits or seeds and their evaluation. International Journal of Fruit Science. 14:1, 1-27
Ong, H., et al, 2012, Traditional knowledge and usage of edible plants among the Semai community of Kampung Batu 16, Tapah, Perak, Malaysia. Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 7(4), pp. 441-445, 30 January, 2012

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Ong, H.C. et al, 2012, Traditional knowledge and usage of edible plants among the Temuan villagers, Malaysia. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 11(1) pp 161-165
Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 154
Saw, L.G., LaFrankie, J. V. Kochummen, K. M., Yap S. K., 1991, Fruit Trees in a Malaysian Rain Forest. Economic Botany, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 120-136