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Baccaurea macrocarpa (PROSEA)

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== Synonyms ==
*''Baccaurea griffithii'' Hook.f.
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*Tree, 10-15 m tall. *Leaves not heart-shaped. *Inflorescences up to 20 cm long, clustered on branches and trunk, female ones shortest. *Fruit an oblongoid to globose capsule, up to 7 cm diameter, faintly 3-grooved, woody and thick-walled, brown to grey; pulp cream-white; singly or in bunches of 2-4 on long strings.  In lowland forest, rather common. Much resembling ''B. motleyana'' (Muell. Arg.) Muell. Arg., but with superior fruits, worth cultivation.
== Selected sources ==
*Airy Shaw, H.K., 1981. The Euphorbiaceae of Sumatra. Kew Bulletin 36: 239-374. *Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co operatives, 10Kuala Lumpur, 12Malaysia. 2444 pp. *Corner, 26E.J.H., 1965. Check-list of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 21: 1-186. *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
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