Salacia oblongifolia
Blume
Manggong
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Description
A creeper or vine. It grows 30 m long. The flowering shoots are very short with few flowers. The flowers have yellow particles. The fruit is pear shaped and fleshy. It is pink of red. The fruit are 4-8 cm long by 4-5 cm wide.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. The pulp around the seed is eaten. The fruit is a pinkish to red, subovoid to pear-shaped drupe, usually 40 - 80mm long, occasionally to 120mm, and 35 - 45mm wide, occasionally to 70mm.
Traditional Uses
The pulp of the fruit is eaten.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland forests and up to 1,000 m above sea level. It can be found on sandstone and in swamp and peat forests.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indochina, Indonesia, SE Asia, Thailand,
Notes
It is also put in the family Hippocrataceae.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Areuy langari, Ki-hapiet
References (2)
- PROSEA Vol. 2
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
