Aglaia edulis

Aglaia edulis


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Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

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Cultivars

History

Uses

Fiji Islands and the East Indies. The natives eat the aril which surrounds the seed and call it gumi^[1]. The fruit is edible, having a watery, cooling, pleasant pulp^[2]. The aril is large, succulent and edible^[3].

↑ Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pls. 1:683. 1831.
↑ Wight, R. Illustr. Ind. Bot. 1:146. 1840. (Milnea edulis)
↑ Royle, J. P. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:140. 1839.

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

References

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[1] Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pls. 1:683. 1831.

[2] Wight, R. Illustr. Ind. Bot. 1:146. 1840. (Milnea edulis)

[3] Royle, J. P. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:140. 1839.

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