Uvaria littoralis (PROSEA)
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Uvaria littoralis (Blume) Blume
- Family: Annonaceae
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: pepisang (Lampung), kalak (Sunda), oyod kalah (Java).
Distribution
Endemic in Indonesia.
Uses
The fruits are edible, sweetish. On Sumatra the stem is used like rope.
Observations
Woody climber, 2-4 m long. Leaves up to 30 cm × 12 cm. Flowers red to dark brown. Fruit composed of 5-50 distinct carpels (fruitlets); fruitlet berry-like, globose to cylindrical, up to 2.5 cm long. In lowlands in hedges, thickets and teak forests.
Selected sources
3, 26.
