Uvaria littoralis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Uvaria littoralis (Blume) Blume

Family: Annonaceae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: pepisang (Lampung), kalak (Sunda), oyod kalah (Java).

Distribution

Endemic in Indonesia.

Uses

The fruits are edible, sweetish. On Sumatra the stem is used like rope.

Observations

• Woody climber, 2-4 m long.
• Leaves up to 30 cm × 12 cm.
• Flowers red to dark brown.
• Fruit composed of 5-50 distinct carpels (fruitlets); fruitlet berry-like, globose to cylindrical, up to 2.5 cm long.

In lowlands in hedges, thickets and teak forests.

Selected sources

• 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