Nephelium reticulatum (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Nephelium reticulatum Radlk.

Family: Sapindaceae

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: buah stagok, bua sibo kakuran (Sarawak).

Distribution

Borneo.

Uses

The sarcotesta around the seed is edible, sweet.

Observations

• Tree, up to 25 m tall and trunk up to 70 cm diameter, sometimes with buttresses up to 75 cm tall.
• Leaves 4(-7)-jugate.
• Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, 4 cm × 2.5 cm, red, densely set with up to 1 cm long appendages.

In primary forest on sandy soils, up to 400 m altitude.

Selected sources

• Leenhouts, P.W., 1986. A taxonomic revision of Nephelium (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31: 373-436.

• van Welzen, P.C., Lamb, A. & Wong, W.W.W., 1988. Edible Sapindaceae in Sabah. Nature Malaysiana 13: 10-25.

Authors

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