Diospyros decandra (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Diospyros decandra Lour.

Family: Ebenaceae

Vernacular names

• Pomme d'or (Fr)
• Cambodia: cand, paen
• Laos: can
• Thailand: chan
• Vietnam: mun thi.

Distribution

Thailand, Indo-China, wild and cultivated.

Uses

In Indo-China the fragrant fruits are appreciated and sold on markets. The roots, leaves and fruits are also used medicinally.

Observations

Tree, cultivated for its fruits around villages in Indo-China. Fruit a bright yellow berry, the size of an orange, globose, slightly flattened on young trees, with a very strong aromatic smell when mature.

Selected sources

• Vidal, J.E., Martel, G. & Lewitz, S., 1969. Notes ethnobotaniques sur quelques plantes en usage au Cambodge. Bulletin de l'école française d'extrême orient 55: 171-232.

Authors

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