Ryparosa hullettii
King
Kepayang bangai tree
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A slender tree. It grows 20 m tall. The bark is rough and grey-brown. It is flaky and has a scent. The leaves are narrowly oval and 10-23 cm long by 4-10 cm wide. They taper at the ends. They are glossy above and greyish underneath. The flowering shoots have grey to yellow hairs. The male flowers are 3 mm across in 10-50 cm long groups. The female flowers are pale green and in 4-8 cm long groups. The fruit is long and greyish. There are 2-6 round seeds 1.5 x 4 cm.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in swampy ground near rivers in primary and secondary rainforests up to 200 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, SE Asia, Singapore,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seeds.
Notes
Also put in the Flacourtiaceae family.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Pohon kepayang bangai
References (3)
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 2 (I-Z) p 1957
- Sleumer, H., 1954, Flacourtiaceae in Flora Malesiana, Ser 1 Vol 5(1) p 49
- Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 492
