Baccaurea bracteata (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Baccaurea bracteata Muell. Arg.

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Synonyms

Baccaurea crassifolia J.J. Smith.

Vernacular names

• Monkey's tampoi (En)
• Indonesia: pangal (Kalimantan)
• Malaysia: rambai hutan, tampoi bunga (Peninsular), tampoi kera paya; tampoi paya (Sabah)

Distribution

Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo.

Uses

The fruit is edible but acid. The timber is good.

Observations

• Tree, up to 20 m tall.
• Leaves up to 17 cm × 9 cm.
• Fruit a globose trilocular capsule, 1.5-2 cm diameter, dark red, 1-2 together on short shoots.

Common in swamp and peat forests at low altitudes.

Selected sources

• Airy Shaw, H.K., 1981. The Euphorbiaceae of Sumatra. Kew Bulletin 36: 239 374.

• Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2 Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2444 pp.

• Corner, E.J.H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. 3rd ed. 2 Volumes. The Malaysian Nature Society. United Selangor Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 774 pp.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen