Trophis philippinensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Trophis philippinensis (Bur.) Corner

Family: Moraceae

Synonyms

Sloetia minahassae Koord.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: daendong, laindong, bunta (Sulawesi).

Distribution

From the Philippines and Sulawesi (Indonesia) to New Guinea and New Britain.

Uses

In Sulawesi the pounded bast is traditionally used as barkcloth.

Observations

A tree with unisexual, spicate inflorescences. Male flowers with 4 tepals, imbricate in bud. Female flowers with fleshy, dark purple to black perianth. Fruit adnate to the enlarged perianth. Seed with subequal cotyledons.

Selected sources

12, 71.

Authors

M. Brink, P.C.M. Jansen & C.H. Bosch