Alangium (Sturtevant, 1919)
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Alangium (Sturtevant, 1919) |
Alangium lamarckii
- Accepted name : Alangium salviifolium
Alangium lamarckii Thw. Cornaceae.
A small tree of the tropics of the Old World. On the coast of Malabar, the fruit is an article of food. It affords an edible fruit[1]. The fruit in India is mucilaginous, sweet, somewhat astringent but is eaten[2].