Horsfieldia ridleyana (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Horsfieldia ridleyana (King) Warb.

Family: Myristicaceae

Synonyms

• Myristica ridleyana King.

Vernacular names

• Brunei: kumpang
• Peninsular Malaysia: pianggu jantan, penarahan.

Distribution

Brunei, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sabah, Sarawak).

Uses

The fruit is said to be edible. The wood is easy to work but not durable and of little economic value.

Observations

• Slender or crooked dioecious tree, 5-25 m tall.
• Fruit a berry, 1-6 per infructescence, ellipsoid, 1.5-2 cm × 1-1.5 cm, glossy, yellow-green.

In forests on poor and shallow soils, up to 1100 m altitude. Fruits throughout the year.

Selected sources

• 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.

• de Wilde, W.J.J.O., 1986. A new account of the genus Horsfieldia 4. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 39: 1-65.

• Ridley, H.N., 1922-1925. The Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 5 Volumes. Government of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. L. Reeve & Co., London.

• Thomas, A.V., 1951. Malayan timbers: penarahan. The Malaysian Forester 14: 221-224.

Authors

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