Manilkara hexandra (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard

Protologue: Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 9 (1915).

Synonyms

Manilkara emarginata H.J. Lam (1925).

Vernacular names

• Cambodia: kes
• Thailand: ket
• Vietnam: găng néo.

Distribution

Eastern India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Hainan.

Uses

The timber is used for construction and turnery. The fruits are edible.

Observations

A medium-sized tree, up to 20 m tall, but sometimes much larger, with bole up to 50 cm in diameter; leaves more or less clustered at apex of twigs, glabrous; flower buds ovoid, pedicels not incrassate, calyx up to 4.5 mm long, ovary with a shallow, glabrous disk; fruit ovoid to subglobose, up to 1.5 cm long. M. hexandra occurs in dry, deciduous forest. See also the table on wood properties.

Selected sources

102, 641, 731.