Ziziphus calophylla (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Ziziphus calophylla Wallich

Family: Rhamnaceae

• Indonesia, Malaysia: dawai-dawai, kuku lang rimba
• Thailand: chinchee (Chumphon), dan rok, naam (Ranong).

Indonesia (Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand.

The fruits are edible and said to be sweet. The wood is durable.

• A strong vigorous climber with abundant hooked spines.
• Fruit an ovoid to globose drupe, about 1 cm in diameter, orange, minutely brown tomentose.

Common in forests.

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• Ridley, H.N., 1922-1925. The Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 5 Volumes. Government of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. L. Reeve & Co., London.

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