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| − | Tree, up to 20 m tall, trunk 36 cm diameter, buttresses high, thin, up to 1.20 m tall. Leaves 1-foliolate to 5-jugate. Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, ca. 4 cm × 2.5 cm, densely fulvous puberulous, densely set with up to 2 mm long appendages, pink to red. In primary and secondary forests on slopes, river banks and hill tops, on fertile alluvial soil, up to 400(-1400) m altitude. | + | *Tree, up to 20 m tall, trunk 36 cm diameter, buttresses high, thin, up to 1.20 m tall. |
| + | *Leaves 1-foliolate to 5-jugate. | ||
| + | *Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, ca. 4 cm × 2.5 cm, densely fulvous puberulous, densely set with up to 2 mm long appendages, pink to red. | ||
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| + | In primary and secondary forests on slopes, river banks and hill tops, on fertile alluvial soil, up to 400(-1400) m altitude. | ||
== Selected sources == | == Selected sources == | ||
| − | + | *Leenhouts, P.W., 1986. A taxonomic revision of Nephelium (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31: 373-436. | |
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| + | == Authors == | ||
| + | P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen | ||
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Introduction |
Nephelium melanomiscum Radlk.
- Family: Sapindaceae
Synonyms
- Nephelium xerospermoides Radlk.
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: parih, kalas, kalomanggis (Sarawak)
- Philippines: loo-ou (Bagobo).
Distribution
Borneo and the Philippines (Mindanao).
Uses
The sarcotesta around the seed is edible but sour.
Observations
- Tree, up to 20 m tall, trunk 36 cm diameter, buttresses high, thin, up to 1.20 m tall.
- Leaves 1-foliolate to 5-jugate.
- Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, ca. 4 cm × 2.5 cm, densely fulvous puberulous, densely set with up to 2 mm long appendages, pink to red.
In primary and secondary forests on slopes, river banks and hill tops, on fertile alluvial soil, up to 400(-1400) m altitude.
Selected sources
- Leenhouts, P.W., 1986. A taxonomic revision of Nephelium (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31: 373-436.
Authors
P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen
