Dillenia megalantha (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Dillenia megalantha Merr.
- Family: Dilleniaceae
Vernacular names
- Philippines: katmon-bayani (Tagalog), katmon (Bikol, Bisaya).
Distribution
Endemic in the Philippines.
Uses
The fruit is edible, with acid taste and suitable for preserves.
Observations
Tree, up to 20-40 m tall, trunk up to 40 cm diameter. Leaves oblong, 25-70 cm × 8-25 cm, petioles winged, flowers yellow, about 10 cm in diameter. Fruit berry-like, indehiscent, globose, 5-7.5 cm diameter, carpels enclosed by the fleshy sepals; ripe carpels 25 mm × 11 mm, 1-seeded. Seeds obovoid, 6 mm × 4 mm, with membranaceous aril. In primary forests, up to 1000 m altitude.
Selected sources
8, 93.