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Semecarpus longifolius (PROSEA)

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== Synonyms ==
*''Semecarpus gigantifolia'' Vidal.
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*Dioecious tree, up to 20 m tall and 30 cm diameter. *Leaves very large. *Inflorescences cauliflorous, flowers white. *Fruit a drupe, subglobose, 1-2 cm diameter; swollen pedicel obconical-cylindrical, up to 2 cm × 1.5 cm.  Juice is poisonous, irritating the skin. In lowland forests; becoming rare in the Philippines.
== Selected sources ==
18*FAO, 931984.Food and fruit-bearing forest species 2: examples from Southeastern Asia. FAO Forestry paper 44/2, Rome. 167 pp. *van Steenis, C.G.G.J. et al. (Editors), 1950-. Flora Malesiana. Series 1. Vol. 1, 4-10. Centre for Research and Development in Biology, Bogor, Indonesia, and Rijksherbarium, Leiden, the Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London. == Authors ==
P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen
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