Helicia cochinchinensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Helicia cochinchinensis Lour.

Family: Proteaceae

Vernacular names

• Vietnam: cheo thui, co'm vang.

Distribution

Indo-China, China, Taiwan, Japan.

Uses

The seeds are edible. The wood is used for fuel.

Observations

• Shrub or tree, up to 10(-20) m tall.
• Fruit subglobose-ovoid, drupaceous, 1.5 cm × 1.2 cm, bluish-black.
• Seed 1, ovoid.

In forests.

Selected sources

• Crevost, C., Lemarié, C. & Pételot, A., 1917-1941. Catalogue des produits de l'Indochine. Tome 1-6. Gouvernement général de l'Indochine, Hanoi.

• Lecomte, M.H. & Gagnepain, F. (Editors), 1907-1950. Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine. 7 Volumes and supplements. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Authors

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