Xerospermum noronhianum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Xerospermum noronhianum (Blume) Blume
- Family: Sapindaceae
Synonyms
Xerospermum intermedium Radlk., Xerospermum wallichii King. == Vernacular names ==
- Indonesia: rambutan pacet (Malay), tjorogol monjet (Sundanese)
- Malaysia: rambutan pacet, balong ayam, kata keran
- Thailand: klolaen (Nakhon Ratchasima), khohia (Chanthaburi).
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra).
Uses
The sarcotesta around the seeds is edible, sweet and of good flavour. The fruits and leaves are used to alleviate stomachache. The wood is hard and durable, light brown, used in building.
Observations
Tree, up to 25 m tall and 30 cm trunk diameter. Leaves paripinnate, 2-jugate. Flowers 4-merous. Fruit a subglobose to ellipsoid capsule, 2-5 cm × 1-5 cm, red to dark brown, aculeate, tuberculate, colliculate or granulate. Very variable species. In many kinds of forests and soils, usually up to 300 m altitude, seldom up to 1500 m. Often very common in continental South-East Asia.
Selected sources
10, 26, 48.
