Nephelium melanomiscum (PROSEA)
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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
49.