Ardisia laevigata (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Ardisia laevigata Blume

Family: Myrsinaceae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: ki mangu (West Java), lempeni (Java), jambulan pante (North Sulawesi), rampasi (West Sumatra).

Distribution

Indonesia and Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

Leaves are edible.

Observations

• Shrub to small tree up to 5 m tall.
• Leaves elliptical-oblong or subobovate, 10-22.5 cm × 6-10 cm, entire, reticulately veined, thinly coriaceous, pellucid-dotted throughout.

In forest at 1400-2200 m altitude.

Selected sources

7, 44.