Lansium membranaceum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Lansium membranaceum (Kosterm.) Mabb.

Family: Meliaceae

Synonyms

• Aglaia membranacea Kosterm.

Distribution

Indonesia (western Sumatra, Pajakumbu, Mt. Sago).

Uses

The fruit has an edible but very acid aril.

Observations

• Tree, 6-30 m tall.
• Leaves with 5 leaflets.
• Fruit an ellipsoid to subglobose berry, up to 4 cm long.

Flowering in April, fruiting in June.

Selected sources

• Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1966. A monograph of Aglaia, sect. Lansium Kosterm. (Meliaceae). Reinwardtia 7: 221-282.

Authors

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