Sauropus rhamnoides (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Sauropus rhamnoides Blume
- Family: Euphorbiaceae
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: katuk badak, katuk endog, telor kotok (Sundanese).
Distribution
Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), the Philippines.
Uses
The fruit is edible.
Observations
Tree, up to 15 m tall. Leaves ovate to oblong, 4-14 cm × 2-6 cm. Flowers in axillary fasciles. Fruit a depressed globose fleshy capsule, 2 cm × 3 cm, white. In mixed forest, up to 1000 m altitude.
Selected sources
2, 3, 26.