Engelhardtia serrata

Blume

Juglandaceae Edible: Leaves, Bark - spice

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Description

A large tree. It grows 20 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is grey and deeply cracked. The leaves are compound with leaflets opposite. There are teeth along the edge near the tip. The flowers are separately male and female on the same tree. The fruit is a winged nut. It is 3.5 cm long. There is one seed.

Edible Uses

The young leaves are fried and eaten. The bark is used as a spice.

Traditional Uses

The young leaves are fried and eaten

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests.

Where It Grows

Asia, Indochina, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, SE Asia, Thailand,

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds.

Notes

Also put in the family Myrsinaceae.

Synonyms

Engelhardtia nudiflora Hook.f. and others

References (3)

Anderson, E. F., 1993, Plants and people of the Golden Triangle. Dioscorides Press. p 210
Schmidt-Vogt, D., 2001, Secondary Forests in Swidden Agriculture in the Highland of Thailand. Journal of tropical Forest Science 13(4): 748-767
Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 260