Sauropus rhamnoides (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Sauropus rhamnoides Blume

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: katuk badak, katuk endog, telor kotok (Sundanese).

Distribution

Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), the Philippines.

Uses

The fruit is edible.

Observations

• Tree, up to 15 m tall.
• Leaves ovate to oblong, 4-14 cm × 2-6 cm.
• Flowers in axillary fasciles.
• Fruit a depressed globose fleshy capsule, 2 cm × 3 cm, white.

In mixed forest, up to 1000 m altitude.

Selected sources

• Airy Shaw, H.K., 1981. The Euphorbiaceae of Sumatra. Kew Bulletin 36: 239-374.

• Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1963-1968. Flora of Java. 3 Volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands.

• Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd ed. 3 Volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp.

Authors

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