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<big>''[[Cheilosa malayana]]'' (Hook.f.) Corner ex Airy Shaw</big>
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:Family: Euphorbiaceae

== Synonyms ==

*''Baccaurea malayana'' King ex Hook.f.

== Vernacular names ==

*Indonesia: gurak gatuk (Kalimantan), bua tampoi (Sumatra)
*Peninsular Malaysia: tampoi, tampul, tempuni.

== Distribution ==

Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, occasionally also cultivated.

== Uses ==

The fruits are edible, and are also used to prepare an alcoholic drink. The timber is durable but liable to split and is used for posts.

== Observations ==

*Tree, up to 25 m tall.
*Leaves elliptic-oblong, up to 25 cm × 10 cm.
*Panicles spike-like, slender, 8 cm long, solitary or fascicled on the branches; fruiting racemes short.
*Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, up to 5 cm long, dehiscent, pale green to yellow, with white flesh, pericarp thick, woody.

In forests up to 500 m altitude.

== Selected sources ==

*Airy Shaw, H.K., 1981. The Euphorbiaceae of Sumatra. Kew Bulletin 36: 239-374.

*Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2 Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2444 pp.

*Ridley, H.N., 1922-1925. The Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 5 Volumes. Government of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. L. Reeve & Co., London.

== Authors ==

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen


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