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| − | Tree, up to 25 m tall with horizontally arranged branches, spiny or unarmed. Leaves composite, about 8 cm long with 3-11 leaflets. Flowers white, 2-3 cm in diameter, odoriferous, male or bisexual. Fruit a hard-shelled, globose berry, 6-7 cm in diameter, with white or yellowish pulp. In habit and ecology, ''F. lucida'' resembles the wood apple ( ''Limonia acidissima'' L.), preferring a monsoon or seasonally dry tropical climate. In Central Java often found in teak forest on seasonally very dry soil, up to 400 m altitude. The form with yellowish fruit pulp is said to be toxic (might be ''F. pubescens'' Tanaka); the fruits with white pulp are sold on markets in Indo-China. | + | *Tree, up to 25 m tall with horizontally arranged branches, spiny or unarmed. |
| + | *Leaves composite, about 8 cm long with 3-11 leaflets. | ||
| + | *Flowers white, 2-3 cm in diameter, odoriferous, male or bisexual. | ||
| + | *Fruit a hard-shelled, globose berry, 6-7 cm in diameter, with white or yellowish pulp. | ||
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| + | In habit and ecology, ''F. lucida'' resembles the wood apple (''Limonia acidissima'' L.), preferring a monsoon or seasonally dry tropical climate. In Central Java often found in teak forest on seasonally very dry soil, up to 400 m altitude. The form with yellowish fruit pulp is said to be toxic (might be ''F. pubescens'' Tanaka); the fruits with white pulp are sold on markets in Indo-China. | ||
== Selected sources == | == Selected sources == | ||
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Introduction |
Feroniella lucida (Scheffer) Swingle
- Family: Rutaceae
Synonyms
- Feronia lucida Scheffer.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: kawista-krikil (Java)
- Cambodia: ka sang, cra san
- Laos: sang
- Thailand: ma sang
- Vietnam: da da, canthan.
Distribution
Thailand, Indo-China, Java. Occasionally cultivated.
Uses
Raw fruit pulp is used as a vegetable. The wood is hard, but rarely used.
Observations
- Tree, up to 25 m tall with horizontally arranged branches, spiny or unarmed.
- Leaves composite, about 8 cm long with 3-11 leaflets.
- Flowers white, 2-3 cm in diameter, odoriferous, male or bisexual.
- Fruit a hard-shelled, globose berry, 6-7 cm in diameter, with white or yellowish pulp.
In habit and ecology, F. lucida resembles the wood apple (Limonia acidissima L.), preferring a monsoon or seasonally dry tropical climate. In Central Java often found in teak forest on seasonally very dry soil, up to 400 m altitude. The form with yellowish fruit pulp is said to be toxic (might be F. pubescens Tanaka); the fruits with white pulp are sold on markets in Indo-China.
Selected sources
7, 20, 44, 54.
