Manilkara hexandra (PROSEA)
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Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard
- Protologue: Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 9 (1915).
Synonyms
Manilkara emarginata H.J. Lam (1925).
Vernacular names
- Cambodia: kes
- Thailand: ket
- Vietnam: găng néo.
Distribution
Eastern India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Hainan.
Uses
The timber is used for construction and turnery. The fruits are edible.
Observations
A medium-sized tree, up to 20 m tall, but sometimes much larger, with bole up to 50 cm in diameter; leaves more or less clustered at apex of twigs, glabrous; flower buds ovoid, pedicels not incrassate, calyx up to 4.5 mm long, ovary with a shallow, glabrous disk; fruit ovoid to subglobose, up to 1.5 cm long. M. hexandra occurs in dry, deciduous forest. See also the table on wood properties.
Selected sources
102, 641, 731.