Ochthocharis bornensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Ochthocharis bornensis Blume

Family: Melastomataceae

• Indonesia: karamunting
• Malaysia: sekulau, sendudok ayer
• Vietnam: mua chua.

Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan, the Moluccas), Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Vietnam.

The acid leaves and fruits are eaten raw or cooked.

• Small tree or shrub, 1-2(-4.5) m tall.
• Leaf-blade ovate, 5-17 cm × 1-6.5 cm, margin serrulate, 3-nerved; petiole up to 6 cm long.
• Fruit a subglobular capsule, about 0.5 cm in diameter, black, crowned by the appressed torus.

On banks of tidal rivers, in mangrove forest.

27, 37, 44.