Dillenia reifferscheidia (PROSEA)
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Dillenia reifferscheidia Villar
- Family: Dilleniaceae
Vernacular names
- Philippines: katmon-kalabau (Tagalog), balali, palali (Bikol).
Distribution
Endemic in the Philippines.
Uses
The fruit is edible, with the flavour of an acid-tasting apple. It makes excellent jam. The wood is suitable for construction work.
Observations
Tree, up to 11 m tall and trunk up to 60 cm diameter. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 15-40 cm × 10-30 cm, petioles winged. Flowers white, solitary or 2-3 together. Fruit berry-like, indehiscent, subglobose, 5-8 cm diameter. Ripe carpels enclosed by the sepals. Carpels 20-25 mm × 10-12 mm, 1-4-seeded. Seeds black with a membranaceous aril. In primary forests in areas with abundant rainfall, up to 1000 m altitude.
Selected sources
8, 93.
